Did you get a bit more spam email this weekend than normal? I did at the office…and users complained a bit.<\/p>\n
It was what I call a ‘zero-day spam attack’. It’s explained over in my “Security Dawg<\/span>” blog here: http:\/\/www.securitydawg.com\/2008\/03\/zero-day-spam-attack.html<\/a> .<\/p>\n In the meantime, a bit of hand-holding for the users, who are probably spoiled by the overall effectiveness of the spam blocking at the office. We block about 500K (out of 550K) messages a day as spam. A few do get through, but overall we are quite effective at blocking spam.<\/p>\n Not as effective as Gmail, though. I hardly ever see spam in the “In” folder in my Gmail<\/span> account. The above link explains my theory about that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Did you get a bit more spam email this weekend than normal? I did at the office…and users complained a bit.<\/p>\n It was what I call a ‘zero-day spam attack’. It’s explained over in my “Security Dawg” blog here: http:\/\/www.securitydawg.com\/2008\/03\/zero-day-spam-attack.html<\/a> .<\/p>\n In the meantime, a bit of hand-holding for the users, who are probably spoiled by the overall effectiveness of the spam blocking at the office. We block about 500K (out of 550K) messages a day as spam.<\/p>\n