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• ACCC to strangle spammers

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is being "proactive" in the international fight to put a stranglehold on spam, according to Acting Chairman Sitesh Bhojani.

• Suspicion arises of phone-damaging spam

  Some AT&T Wireless subscribers believe a text message masquerading as spam is on the loose and damaging mobile phones in the United States.

• Anti-spam laws may 'do more harm than good'

  The chairman of the US Federal Trade Commission says anti-spam bills being considered by Congress lack teeth and could be counterproductive.

• MySpace defeats absent 'Spam king' in law suit

  MySpace has won a legal decision against so-called 'spam king' Sanford Wallace after he failed numerous times to turn over documents or attend hearings.

• Telstra strikes at AOL over spam black-listing

  Telstra has struck out at America Online (AOL) after the US giant inadvertently black-banned e-mails originating from BigPond users.

Features and Case Studies (10)

• Know your resources in the war against spam

  If you've made the decision to filter your organisation's incoming e-mail, your next step is to determine exactly how. This rundown of spam control methodologies can help you in your decision on which path to take.

• Using tech to slice spam

  A coalition aiming to junk e-mail unites behind a US law but stumbles over a technology solution.

• Spam and its IT discontents

  Maybe it's the bum economy and certain wastrels have too much time on their hands, or perhaps there's something odd in the water supply. Whatever the explanation, so much spam is flooding the electronic gateways of corporations that CIOs face an escalating epidemic.

• Battling spyware in court

  In what could prove to be one of the great second acts in Internet history, erstwhile king of spam Sanford Wallace takes centre stage this week as exhibit A in a federal crackdown on invasive online advertising software.

• Heard of drive-by hacking? Meet drive-by spamming

  'Warspammers' are taking advantage of unprotected wireless LANs to send out millions of junk e-mails. What does this mean for enterprises tackling the security issues?

Reviews (2)

• New Outlook to give spammers the boot

  The first test version of the new email software blocks external content in Web-based email.

• Spyware cures may cause more harm

  Web surfers battling "spyware" face a new problem: So-called spyware-killing programs that install the same kind of unwanted advertising software they promise to erase.

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