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'Spim' threat hovers on horizon
News But I am not a spim alarmist. The Yankee Group estimates that 5 percent to 8 percent of all corporate IM today is spim, but the firm doesn't expect this percentage to increase over the next year, as millions of new users adopt instant messaging.
[April 2, 2004, 9:20]
'Spim' threat hovers on horizon
Talkback I used to get Spim all the time on Yahoo! Messenger, some were clearly "bots". At first it would be an introductory "Hi" message, then a link. It progressed to only sending the link if you sent a reply.
[April 4, 2004, 5:38]
Spam and SPIM: A Growing Threat to Messaging Systems
White Papers In addition to SPAM, SPIM also poses a significant threat to the organization. SPIM allows SPAM to be sent into the network through the employee's IM accounts. The attendee of this webcast will learn how SPAM and SPIM have caused organizations to...
[May 1, 2008, 1:02]
'Spim' threat hovers on horizon
Talkback One would have to define "disruption" regarding commercial messages on free chat services. For example, the AOL Instant Messenger service public chatrooms are now all but unusable due to the proliferation of 'bots that post solicitations for...
[June 11, 2004, 15:20]
'Spim' threat hovers on horizon
Talkback How does one tell a bot from a "human" in an AOL chat room ?
[July 1, 2004, 9:48]
'Spim' threat hovers on horizon
Talkback i just do not want block e mails that seem to be only porn.i tick all of them each tme ad press delete as i am not turned on by porn.but why do i have to have a block mail at all?
[February 22, 2005, 17:47]
First arrest for IM spam
News A US teenager has become the first person to be arrested for the sending of unsolicited instant messages -- or spim. Experts have warned in recent years that spim will be the next area of development for those looking to further exploit access to...
[February 21, 2005, 15:05]
Trillian users upset over Yahoo block
Talkback If Yahoo is so concerned about SPIM why does it not implement some kind of response challenge plug-in for Yahoo Messenger. As most SPIM comes from a computer churning out messages this effectively blocks 99% of them and I'm sure works better than...
[June 25, 2004, 12:58]
Trillian users upset over Yahoo block
News Speculation began flying about whether battling spim, currently a minor issue, was Yahoo's true intention. Yahoo on Wednesday evening began blocking third-party instant messaging clients in what it claimed was a "pre-emptive" action against IM spam...
[June 25, 2004, 8:55]
Instant-messaging virus costs a man his job
News The Radicati Group recently predicted that instant-messaging spam, dubbed 'spim', will increase dramatically during the next year. This increase in spim could result in an increased risk of security breaches such as these, because hyperlinks...
[June 30, 2004, 9:05]
Yahoo IM blocks Trillian access
News IM spam, commonly referred to as "spim," has been flagged by experts as a growing problem. However, experts have also written off spim as a far cry from email spam, which has caused enormous headaches for consumers and businesses alike.
[June 24, 2004, 9:05]
Industry unites against IM spam
News Back in December, instant-messaging (IM) management company IMLogic partnered with security companies McAfee and Sybari (recently acquired by Microsoft) to build IMLogic's Threat Center, which aims to protect users from peer-to-peer and IM threats...
[February 22, 2005, 7:55]
More on Skype Pornography - Genius?
Blog The Skype Cheerleading Squad (also known as the Skype Journal) 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 exactly the type that you wouldn...
[March 7, 2008, 13:03]
Yahoo IM blocks Trillian access
Talkback Furthermore, if spim is the issue, why do I get tons of it when using Y! Until the IM companies decide a common way of communicating with each other, they can hardly complain when people use things like Trillian or Fire.
[June 24, 2004, 14:48]
Companies fight IM malware with honeypots
News McAfee and Sybari have helped IMLogic to build the Threat Center, which aims to protect users from peer-to-peer and IM threats, such as viruses, worms, Spim (spam over IM), and malicious code. The Threat Center will provide free IM and email alerts...
[December 7, 2004, 12:45]
Web 2.0 Security in the Spotlight
White Papers Left uncontrolled, Web browsing and Web 2.0 applications create security and compliance vulnerabilities for the organization such as: Malware infection (viruses, worms, spyware, rootkits, and more) and SpIM (Spam over IM) which can cause a major...
[July 1, 2009, 1:19]
Britain's Open University Switches to FaceTime for Instant Messaging Management
White Papers As a solution OU chose FaceTime's IMAuditor, which provides virus, worm and SPIM protection through pattern-matching rules. The Open University (OU) was the world's first successful distance teaching university.
[June 16, 2007, 1:00]
UK ISPs join fight against spammers
Talkback Spim. Come on, catch up. This is 2005, there are new types of Spam e.g. Why has it taken so long for a transatlantic alliance to form, and how effective will it be? Will it be compatible with AV software so I just press a report button and the GPS...
[March 14, 2005, 22:05]
IM malware threat skyrockets
News IMLogic reported that more than 30 new threats have emerged since 1 January, 2005 that target IM users, including viruses, worms, and spam over IM - often referred to as spim. Reports of malware, spam and hacking attacks over instant-messaging (IM...
[March 9, 2005, 16:15]
