Trick or Treat: Internet Zombies Scare Up Halloween Spam
October 30 2006 - 5:05AM
Business Wire
While children put the finishing touches on their costumes for
tomorrow�s Halloween holiday, spammer-activated zombie networks
have been busy sending out Halloween-related spam messages to
unsuspecting Internet users. Commtouch (Nasdaq:CTCH), the leading
OEM provider of anti-spam, Zero-Hour virus outbreak protection and
IP Reputation services to messaging, security and networking
companies, has identified thousands of Halloween-related spam
attacks in recent days. Spammers have found creative
Halloween-related titles for traditional spam themes: �Absolutely
single!!! Halloween matches!!!!!!� -- for dating/love spam �Super
Halloween cash drawing � sign up now� -- for get rich
quick/gambling Pharmaceutical spam turns into: �Check out our
special limited time offers on prescriptions. Halloween� Self-help
is now: �Smokers cough? Quit for life. Halloween� And Halloween is
sometimes added for diversion: �We can fix your stamina in the
bedroom. Halloween� �Spammers hide behind the mask of anonymity on
the Internet, taking advantage of the fact that unprotected
end-users may be looking for Halloween-related messages,� said Amir
Lev, Commtouch�s CTO. �One essential technique to see behind the
spammers� camouflage is to treat messages based on the reputation
of the senders, rejecting those that have poor sender reputation.
Since zombie-networks tend to come to life suddenly, and then die
an equally rapid death, only a real-time IP Reputation solution can
stay on top of the ever-changing zombie landscape. This, in
conjunction with a content-agnostic spam filter, which ignores
diversions like �Halloween,� can provide an accurate and effective
solution to the Halloween spam problem.� About Commtouch Commtouch
Software Ltd. (NASDAQ:CTCH) is dedicated to protecting and
preserving the integrity of the world's most important
communications tool -- e-mail. Commtouch has over 15 years of
experience developing messaging software and is a global developer
and provider of proprietary anti-spam, Zero-Hour virus protection,
and IP Reputation solutions. Using core technologies including RPD
(Recurrent Pattern Detection�), the Commtouch Detection Center
analyzes billions of email messages per month to identify new spam
and malware outbreaks within minutes of their introduction into the
Internet. Integrated by more than 50 OEM partners, Commtouch
technology protects thousands of organizations, with over 50
million users in over 100 countries. Commtouch is headquartered in
Netanya, Israel, and has a subsidiary in Mountain View, Calif. For
more information, see: www.commtouch.com. The site includes�the
Commtouch online lab detailing spam statistics and charts. While
children put the finishing touches on their costumes for tomorrow's
Halloween holiday, spammer-activated zombie networks have been busy
sending out Halloween-related spam messages to unsuspecting
Internet users. Commtouch (Nasdaq:CTCH), the leading OEM provider
of anti-spam, Zero-Hour virus outbreak protection and IP Reputation
services to messaging, security and networking companies, has
identified thousands of Halloween-related spam attacks in recent
days. Spammers have found creative Halloween-related titles for
traditional spam themes: -- "Absolutely single!!! Halloween
matches!!!!!!" -- for dating/love spam -- "Super Halloween cash
drawing ... sign up now" -- for get rich quick/gambling --
Pharmaceutical spam turns into: "Check out our special limited time
offers on prescriptions. Halloween" -- Self-help is now: "Smokers
cough? Quit for life. Halloween" -- And Halloween is sometimes
added for diversion: "We can fix your stamina in the bedroom.
Halloween" "Spammers hide behind the mask of anonymity on the
Internet, taking advantage of the fact that unprotected end-users
may be looking for Halloween-related messages," said Amir Lev,
Commtouch's CTO. "One essential technique to see behind the
spammers' camouflage is to treat messages based on the reputation
of the senders, rejecting those that have poor sender reputation.
Since zombie-networks tend to come to life suddenly, and then die
an equally rapid death, only a real-time IP Reputation solution can
stay on top of the ever-changing zombie landscape. This, in
conjunction with a content-agnostic spam filter, which ignores
diversions like 'Halloween,' can provide an accurate and effective
solution to the Halloween spam problem." About Commtouch Commtouch
Software Ltd. (NASDAQ:CTCH) is dedicated to protecting and
preserving the integrity of the world's most important
communications tool -- e-mail. Commtouch has over 15 years of
experience developing messaging software and is a global developer
and provider of proprietary anti-spam, Zero-Hour virus protection,
and IP Reputation solutions. Using core technologies including RPD
(Recurrent Pattern Detection(TM)), the Commtouch Detection Center
analyzes billions of email messages per month to identify new spam
and malware outbreaks within minutes of their introduction into the
Internet. Integrated by more than 50 OEM partners, Commtouch
technology protects thousands of organizations, with over 50
million users in over 100 countries. Commtouch is headquartered in
Netanya, Israel, and has a subsidiary in Mountain View, Calif. For
more information, see: www.commtouch.com. The site includes the
Commtouch online lab detailing spam statistics and charts.
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