January 2006 Virus and Spam Statistics

Ant writes "Commtouch reports the January 2006's virus and spam statistics. Its summary said there were four massive virus attacks (including a multi-wave attack of 7 variants) and the most aggressive attacks penetrated before the average antivirus (AV) solution could even release a signature. The data is based on information continuously gathered by the Commtouch Detection Center, which analyzed more than 2 billion messages from over 130 countries during the month of January 2006..."

Spam Gestapo

[PipeIsArt]

Spammers have deduced that to avoid being blocked by the simplest mail server rules, they need to use a valid domain. However, if the domain that is used is unique and used only for spam, they would easily be blacklisted. The result - the use of popular domains that blacklists dare not touch. I would like to learn what the email domains listed in the article are doing to keep the number of spammers low. I mean if Google can churn out the world's best search engine, targeted ads, and other random applications of the week, then they surely have enough creative juices to flush out their own spam accounts.

Rapid immune response

[Mostly a lurker]

It does seem that some virus attacks are occurring too quickly for traditional AV approaches to provide adequate protection. Perhaps an approach suggested by Israeli researchers, Distributive immunization of networks against viruses using the 'honey-pot' architecture [netdimes.org] [warning: PDF], has virtue. The basic idea is to automate virus recognition and immediately push a "vaccine" to potentially vulnerable machines.

Nice free advertising

[imipak]

Nice free advertising on Slashdot. Any chance of equal exposure for some competing sources [google.co.uk]?

The Slashdot story is a press release only.

[Futurepower(R)]

I wish that Slashdot editors would not post stories about press releases! Did someone get paid under the table?

It's very common that press releases contain entirely invented "information". Certainly the people who write them can be expected to have NO technical knowledge, and not to care that they have no technical knowledge.

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