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Websense recently examined a small spam campaign to demonstrate that sometimes even small campaigns could cause a large amount of problems for an organization.
GlobalSign announced a partnership with Netcraft that will allow GlobalSign to provide its SSL Certificate customers with real-time alerts that warn them when their websites are compromised and used to support phishing attacks.
Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab this week launched Kaspersky Linux Mail Security, a new protection offering to help Linux-based mail servers combat spam and block malicious attachments.
It's been a month since spam-spewing botnet Grum has been shut down, but spam experts say there hasn't been a noticeable impact on global spam volume.
Security researchers from Websense have discovered a new malware campaign targeting BlackBerry customers.
A spam campaign targeting hedge fund managers has been detected that, like other targeted attacks, uses a short email pitch along with an executable file as an attachment.
Nearly 70% of those who spoke to PhishMe said that they encounter Phishing messages that slip past anti-Spam filters at least a few times a week. Further, 25% of them said that they see them several times a day.
Just in time to throw a poolside Cabana party at the Black Hat conference, PhishMe, today announced that it has closed a $2.5 million Series A funding round.
Examining the patterns taken from data collected in the aftermath of more than 140 million blocked infection attempts, security vendor Trend Micro says that targeted attacks against individuals and organizations are on the rise.
Google has shared some interesting security statistics, and while it’s not published as an official “threat report”, the company has provided some great insight into the growth of malicious activity across the Web, and what its systems are blocking and notifying users about on a daily basis.

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