[pchelpers] Re: News:Phishers and cyber criminals get smarter

Hi John,

Friday, January 26, 2007, 12:08:15 PM, you wrote:

JD> 3. Spam will increase: The last quarter of 2006 saw a huge
JD> increase in spam, largely because of image-based spam which can
JD> evade most anti-spam filters. Due to the low cost of sending mass
JD> spam – especially through botnets – cyber criminals will
JD> increasingly use this medium to distribute trojans.

I think we'll soon see laws requiring ISPs to quarantine clients which
show indications of being infected with malware; basically the
internet version of vehicle safety inspections.

-- 
Scott.



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