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Reference Cards HD 1.1

Reference Cards HD 1.1

...ListsIPsecIPv4 SubnettingIS ISJSP SyntaxJSPjQueryJUnitJavaJavaScript Browser ObjectsJavaScriptLatexLinq Query OperatorsLinux Admin ReferenceLinux SecurityLinux SyscallMFCMIPS SPIM ReferenceMatlabMod RewriteMySQLObjective C BeginnersObjective COne Page LinuxOpenGL 3.2 API ReferenceOpenSSHOracle SQLOracle... Read more

1 February, 2012
Reference Cards 2.0

Reference Cards 2.0

...ListsIPsecIPv4 SubnettingIS ISJSP SyntaxJSPjQueryJUnitJavaJavaScript Browser ObjectsJavaScriptLatexLinq Query OperatorsLinux Admin ReferenceLinux SecurityLinux SyscallMFCMIPS SPIM ReferenceMatlabMod RewriteMySQLObjective C BeginnersObjective COne Page LinuxOpenGL 3.2 API ReferenceOpenSSHOracle SQLOracle... Read more

1 February, 2012

Industry unites against IM spam

...users from peer-to-peer and IM threats, such as viruses, worms, spim and malicious code. The centre monitors honeypots (servers that attract security threats... Read more

22 February, 2005 by Renai LeMay

...Spim' threat hovers on horizon

...to send messages to each other over the Internet in real time. "Spim," as experts have dubbed IM spam, affects only a small number of... Read more

2 April, 2004 by Marguerite Reardon

Blog and social-networking spam increases

...MessageLabs. MessageLabs has seen an increase in IM spam, also known as spim, which can be malicious. "On IM and on the Web, we've... Read more

6 July, 2006 by Tom Espiner

First arrest for IM spam

...person to be arrested for the sending of unsolicited instant messages -- or spim. Anthony Greco, 18, was lured from New York to Los Angeles under... Read more

21 February, 2005 by Will Sturgeon

Companies fight IM malware with honeypots

...users from peer-to-peer and IM threats, such as viruses, worms, Spim (spam over IM), and malicious code. It uses honeypots -- servers that will... Read more

7 December, 2004 by Dan Ilet

Trillian users upset over Yahoo block

...what it claimed was a "pre-emptive" action against IM spam, or "spim." Just a few hours after Yahoo changed its instant messenger protocols, Cerulean... Read more

25 June, 2004 by Jim Hu

Microsoft settles in IM spam suit

Funmobile, accused in a Microsoft suit of sending IM spam, has been ordered to stop grabbing Windows Live users' personal information Read more

12 March, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

AOL attacks the spimmers

AOL has brought its first court case against alleged 'spimmers'- instant message spammers - on a day when Yahoo, Microsoft and Earthlink also send their lawyers in to fight those accused of sending more traditional spam Read more

28 October, 2004 by Graeme Wearden
Spam and <endeca_term>SPIM</endeca_term>: A Growing Threat to Messaging Systems

Spam and SPIM: A Growing Threat to Messaging Systems

...problem according to a recent Osterman Research survey. In addition to SPAM, SPIM also poses a significant threat to the organization. SPIM allows SPAM to... Read more

15 November, 2007

More on Skype Pornography - Genius?

...has a lead article today on the "Evil Genius" behind the "Sexy SPIM for Skype" (SPIM = Spam over Instant Messaging), replete with numerous pictures of... Read more

5 March, 2008

The A to Z of security

...in recent years spawned a couple of lesser known siblings: spit and spim - or 'spam over internet telephony' and 'spam over IM'. And then there... Read more

14 November, 2006 by Natasha Lomas

AOL IM tools up for business

...that IM will open holes in the company perimeter. The service blocks "SpIM" (spam delivered by IM), an increasing problem in consumer IM services. Previous... Read more

15 September, 2006 by Peter Judge
10 things you should know about fighting spam

10 things you should know about fighting spam

...5 Terabytes of spam e-mail being sent every day.IM spam (spim) is on the rise. Reports are showing now that one in three... Read more

14 February, 2006

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