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Five new malware threats for 2009

It's a constant arms race between IT and the criminals - so what is the new malware tech that we can expect to see next year?

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 5 Dec 2008 at 10:44

Security/News

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Botnets to get more intelligent in 2010

Criminals behind the huge amounts of spam are learning lessons in how to run their systems.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 8 Dec 2009 at 13:00

Public Sector/News

Character recognising spam breaking CAPTCHA defences

Webmail and OCR based spam is on the increase, which traditional web filters are having difficulty detecting.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 12 Aug 2008 at 12:54

OCR/News

New CAPTCHA worm breaking Google's defences

Security firm takes credit for discovering a new worm that is taking over Gmail accounts, after breaking CAPTCHA.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 27 Apr 2009 at 15:38

Email Providers/News

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Google captures ReCAPTCHA

Google has acquired the security and text scanning firm to help with its book project.

By Nicole Kobie, 17 Sep 2009 at 08:46

Networking/News

Nine out of 10 emails are spam

A report says that 90 per cent of emails are spam, claiming that criminals are combining their attack techniques.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 27 May 2009 at 16:52

Security/News

Spammers beat new Microsoft CAPTCHA defences

Compromised Microsoft accounts are very valuable to spammers, which means that they’ll constantly try and break in using new techniques.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 16 Feb 2009 at 15:54

Security/News

Google's tries out CAPTCHAs using rotated images

Google researchers reveal a new form of CAPTCHA which computers are finding difficult to hack.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 20 Apr 2009 at 15:36

Security/News

Trojan creates webmail accounts to send out spam

New trojan evades Captcha security to create webmail accounts and spam victims.

By Rene Millman, 6 Jul 2007 at 14:46

Security/News

Hotlan trojan focuses on Hotmail, Gmail accounts

Trojan evades captcha security defending webmail services from automated sign-ups.

By Rene Millman, 10 Aug 2007 at 12:20

Security/News

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