Office of Information Technology Blog » Spam http://blog.oit.wvu.edu OIT’s technology blog for WVU faculty, staff and students Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:25:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Spam plummets as gang leaves net (via the BBC) http://blog.oit.wvu.edu/2008/11/13/spam-plummets-as-gang-leaves-net-via-the-bbc/ http://blog.oit.wvu.edu/2008/11/13/spam-plummets-as-gang-leaves-net-via-the-bbc/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:13:38 +0000 Steven Marra http://blog.oit.wvu.edu/?p=346 An important note: There is a constant ebb and flow in the world of Spam and Phishing. When one side in the battle scores a victory, the other marshals its forces for another attack. This is just the latest in (what will continue to be) a long struggle to keep inboxes free from Spam and Phishing attempts.

Since the following story was published, Spam at WVU dropped from 15 million instances on Wednesday (11/12/08) to 4 million on Thursday (11/13/08).

The closure of a web hosting firm that is believed to have had spam gangs as clients has led to a drastic reduction in junk mail.

Two US internet service providers have pulled the plug on the firm McColo following an investigation by the Washington Post newspaper.

Anti-spam firm Ironport has seen junk mail levels drop by 70% since McColo was taken offline on 11 November.

But, it warned, it will be a temporary respite from the menace of spam.

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