Sunday, July 23, 2006

The State Of Spam / TechWeb, 19 Jul 2006

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Christopher Heun
Filters have gotten so effective at keeping junk e-mail away from users that there's little public outcry against spam today. But behind the scenes, the problem is worse than ever -- and it could mask a serious, real-world threat. "The good news is the filtering systems have become better and better in corporate environments and at Internet service providers. The level of spam users have received has decreased. The bad news is the amount of overall spam hasn't decreased at all. It may be increasing." And it's getting increasingly pernicious. "The use of zombies as a tool in tandem with a real-world terrorist attack will happen, I have no doubt." —Neil Schwartzman, CAUCE Canada"