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

Scott McNay wrote:
> 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.
> 
That would be 'interesting times' as the Chinese put it.

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