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‘Last time out I suggested sentencing spammers to some quality time in a maximum security cell with an ex-biker named ‘Tiny.’ But I think that’s too good for these people. They should be strung up by their thumbs and forced to watch ShamWow infomercials and Rick Astley videos until their ears bleed.’ Robert Cringely, InfoWorldRead more

‘The Beaver’(1) is, at 90 years old, Canada’s second oldest magazine. Founded in 1920 and named after Canada’s symbol and fur-trading history, the Hudson’s Bay Company publication is devoted to popularizing Canadian history, aiming to make Canadians more aware and appreciative of their heritage. Two weeks ago, the venerable magazine had to change its name(2,3,4)Read more

From time to time, customers wind up getting blocked by a seldom seen blacklist called ‘RFC-Ignorant.’  Unlike classical blacklists that are usually honeypot driven, this one is driven by people who have manually reported you as violating RFC. RFC-Ignorant targets 5 specific faux-pas: 1. Lack of a Postmaster address on the server 2. Inability toRead more

Another year has passed and it seems everyone is busy publishing their year-end security reviews, survey results, and fearless predictions for the upcoming year. Everyone agrees that the spam and phishing rates were up last year, and, according to Pingdom’s ‘Internet 2009 in numbers1 ,’ there were 90 trillion emails sent last year, of whichRead more

2009, according to the Chinese calendar, was the Year of the Ox: ‘People born in the Year of the Ox are patient, speak little, and inspire confidence in others.’  1 Well that description pretty much sums up most of the spam sent in 2009: the perpetrators tended to say little in the messages, but ohRead more