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Spam drops sharply over Christmas

...other two botnets have stopped sending spam altogether," MessageLabs intelligence senior analyst Paul Wood told ZDNet UK on Thursday. Wood said that the last time... Read more

6 January, 2011 by Tom Espiner

GCHQ: Government systems see thousands of attacks

...been an increase in targeted attacks in recent years," MessageLabs senior analyst Paul Wood told ZDNet UK. "We've seen some very sophisticated examples of... Read more

13 October, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Rustock botnet responsible for 39 percent of all spam

...decreased its number of bots, but increased its [spam] volume," according to Paul Wood, a MessageLabs Intelligence senior analyst for Symantec Hosted Services. Rustock has... Read more

25 August, 2010 by Jack Clark
HYPERCLAY: Contemporary Ceramics by Object 1.0

HYPERCLAY: Contemporary Ceramics by Object 1.0

...Bamford, Stephen Bird, Jacqueline Clayton, Andrea Hylands, Addison Marshall, Pip McManus and Paul Wood - are all forging new pathways in Australian ceramics. From rapid prototyping... Read more

25 February, 2012

Spam surges hurt SMEs

...take place in a burst of activity lasting a few hours," said Paul Wood, senior analyst at MessageLabs. "Spammers are sending large volumes of spam... Read more

4 June, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Dumaru worm comes sniffing again

...Y is thought to monitor a user's key strokes. According to Paul Wood, chief information security analyst at MessageLabs, Dumaru.J/Y is thought... Read more

26 January, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Sobig.F lingers as cure backfires

...infected by Sobig.F could download the final bit of code," said Paul Wood, principal information security analyst at MessageLabs. "Once that file had been... Read more

28 November, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

African broadband boost spurs rise in spam output

...a tipping point for spammers to acquire more bots," said MessageLabs analyst Paul Wood, in a statement. "The new undersea fibre optic cable along the... Read more

27 May, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

Symantec warns of spam 'triple threat'

...triple threat" to increase the efficacy of their attacks, according to Symantec. Paul Wood, MessageLabs intelligence senior analyst, Symantec, said in a statement on Tuesday... Read more

29 May, 2009 by Victoria Ho
MessageLabs warns of customised email attacks

MessageLabs warns of customised email attacks

...lead to the recipient's system being taken over. MessageLabs security analyst Paul Wood said it is likely the two attacks are related, but their... Read more

21 November, 2007 by ZDNet UK

Facebook enabling tailored email attacks

...attacker to gain remote access to the machine, but MessageLabs security analyst Paul Wood said the attacker's exact purpose was not clear. "Once they... Read more

21 November, 2007 by Ina Fried

OpenOffice password crack is open to abuse

...about who could have access to such tools on a business network. Paul Wood, senior analyst at email security vendor MessageLabs, said that it opened... Read more

23 April, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Spammers target tech-savvy Web users

...including key words that technological individuals would be happy to receive," said Paul Wood, senior analyst with MessageLabs. By using technical terms, the spammer makes... Read more

4 October, 2006 by Tom Espiner

India is top target for spam

...little thought for security, which creates a market to exploit that," said Paul Wood, security analyst at MessageLabs. The majority of junk email still comes... Read more

1 March, 2006 by Tom Espiner

UK security industry gets professional body

...security skills. It will become a conduit between industry and government," said Paul Wood, chief security officer at UBS. "Over 220 individuals have applied to... Read more

28 February, 2006 by Tom Espiner

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