I had a discussion with Vircom’s CEO about the problems the e-mail security vendor is encountering with spam that contains only an image of an advertisement or other message with little or no ...

This variant on traditional spam, which can evade common anti-spam solutions, is on the rise and causing problems, according to government and industry security experts. Security experts warn agencies ...

We’ve discussed recently the growing problem with image-based spam. Today, we have some interesting findings from Commtouch, an e-mail security vendor regarding this growing problem: * Toward the end ...

Security vendors and researchers are reporting a marked increase in image-based spam, including a couple of new exploits designed to bypass currently available anti-spam applications. Image spam, in ...

Spam sucks. We all know that. There is no better way of putting it -- especially if your company has ever been hit with 10,000 pieces of spam in a single day. It's not too far-fetched a scenario: ...

Another theme I want to talk about here on Security Levity is spammer tactics. I’m sure you remember the huge growth in image spam in 2006. At the time, it was typically used in stock kiting (or ...

The New York Times reports grim news that anybody watching their e-mail in-boxes already knew: Spam is making a comeback. Worldwide spam volumes doubled since last year, and spam now accounts for more ...