Secuirty Researcher B. Endelman reports that 4.4% of current organic search results link to sites rated as “risky” because of the presence of spyware, viruses, junk mail or excessive pop-ups. The study ran searches for 2,500 popular keywords on the major search engines. Sponsored links are twice as likely to be linked to malware than non-sponsored links. [...]

A Federal Ruling on electronic discovery requirements took effect December 1, 2006. The e-discovery rule will place more stringent electronic message archiving requirements on Businesses, Schools and Not-For-Profits (for a digestible summary go here). The ruling states that an entity involved in litigation shall be able to produce all relevant electronically stored information–email, IM, etc.–during legal discovery. This means that [...]

For our first post to the MX News Blog, I thought it would be appropriate to dive into the hotest story of the Late Fall/Early Winter- Spam rates have soared (sored) into the stratosphere. According to Postini, Spam volumes increased by 60% in September and October. Barracuda networks reported an increase of 67% during roughly the same [...]

Government Contractors (large and small) have special electronic message archiving requirements, which they must follow to be in compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FARS). The specifics of the retention requirements are complicated, and, are further complicated by additional requirements placed by various branches of the Federal Government (DOE, DOD, etc.). Consult your legal counsel for specifics. [...]

Unfortunately, the short answer is yes.  A recent study conducted by Jonathan Zittrain, an Oxford University professor and Laura Frieder, a Purdue University assistant professor, found that heavy volumes of pump and dump spam significantly increase the trading activity and short term prices of the llegially touted stocks. Most pump and dump scams use stocks on Pink Sheets listings, [...]