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Will Computing Be More Secure in 2004? | |
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| Time: 05:29 EST/10:29 GMT | News Source: PC World | Posted By: Alex Harris | ||
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In 2004, information security professionals will experience more of the darker side of human behavior, but organizations will also take more control over their network and computing infrastructures, particularly end-user systems. Here are my predictions on what to expect in information security in the next year. Spam operators are getting more creative in their efforts to get around spam filters. R.a..n,d,o.,m p,u,,n,c.t,,u_a.t.1..0.n makes it nearly impossible to block spam messages by filtering keywords. Operators are changing to GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) images with no searchable text. Some spammers send messages in encoded formats, like Base64, to circumvent keyword filters altogether, and relay through IP addresses that have no Domain Name System domains associated with them. These recent developments are challenging spam-filter vendors and frustrating users. | ||
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| #1 By 2960 (68.101.35.196) at 1/2/2004 8:22:25 AM |
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PopFile has programming to specifically combat this sort of thing, and it does a wonderful job at it.
As much as I like the new Outlook 2003, the new SPAM filter that MS highly touts will become less of a reason to move to Outlook 2003 as Spammers learn ways around it. Since it's a non-learning filter (what were they thinking?) and you can only add to the Spam list by sender, I think it's weaknesses will continue to show up. They already are for me, and as soon as OutClass is fully OL2003 compatible (need to check on that today) I'll be moving back to the PopFile/OutClass combination. OL2003's Spam filter is ok, for now, but I don't think it will weather the storm well. Not in it's current design. TL |
| #2 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 1/2/2004 3:44:57 PM |
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Does anybody actually respond to spam mails where everything is misspelled?
I mean, come on... you gotta be kidding me. |
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