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Title: SPAM its more than pork


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SPAM(its more than pork)
  • Presented by
  • Dennis Naiberg
  • City of Phoenix
  • (602) 495-7586

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Overview
  • The Threats
  • The Challenges
  • Fighting Back!
  • Tips Tricks

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The Threats
  • gt60 of Internet e-mail is unsolicited
  • Cost U.S. corporations 8.9 billion in 2002
  • E-mail as a viable business tool is being
    threatened
  • Viruses and SPAM are merging

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The Challenges
  • 250,000 new SPAM attacks launched daily
  • Predicted to increase exponentially
  • Spammers quickly develop filter countermeasures
  • SPAM filters grab good with bad (false positives)

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Anatomy of a SPAM Message
Message Header Altered
Message Header Altered
Misleading
Embedded HTML Tags Flt! HaHa ?ree
Web Bug
Hash Busting
Graphic
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Fighting Back!
  • Anti-SPAM legislation
  • Deploy a state-of-the-art anti-SPAM scanner at
    the edge of your network
  • User education

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Tips Tricks
  • Protect your e-mail address
  • Limit where your e-mail address is displayed in
    public
  • Don't unsubscribe from a spammer's list
  • Dont respond to SPAM e-mails
  • Check the privacy policy when submitting an
    e-mail address to a web site

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Tips Tricks (cont)
  • Opt-out when registering on web sites
  • Use fake addresses
  • Delete the e-mail address in your browser
  • Set your web browser security level to at least
    medium for the Internet zone
  • Never forward chain letters

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Summary
  • The Threats
  • The Challenges
  • Fighting Back!
  • Tips Tricks

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