Inside the SPAM Cartel [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450511203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Rockland, MA, : Syngress Publishing, c2004
• ISBN: 1-281-05634-0; 9786611056346; 0-08-047850-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (433 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ScottBernard
• Disciplina: 004.692; 364.168
• Soggetti: Spam (Electronic mail); Electronic mail systems; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Inside the Head of a Spammer; How Spam Works; Sending Spam; Your E-mail: Digital Gold; Creating the Message and Getting It Read; Getting Paid as a Spammer; Spam Filters: Detection and Evasion; Spam Filters: Advanced Detection and Evasion; Phishing and Scam Spam; Spam and the Law; Analyzing Spam; The Real Cost of Spam; Statistics of Spam; The Future of Spam; FAQs of Spam; Closing Comments; Combating Spam with Exchange Server and Outlook; Index; Related Titles
• Sommario/riassunto: Authored by a former spammer, this is a methodical, technically explicit expose of the inner workings of the SPAM economy. Readers will be shocked by the sophistication and sheer size of this underworld. From the Author: ""You may hate spam and think all spammers are evil, but listen to my story and see why I do this and more importantly, HOW.""For most people, the term ""SPAM"" conjures up the image of hundreds of annoying, and at times offensive, e-mails flooding their inbox every week. But for a few, SPAM is a way of life that delivers an adrenaline rush fueled by cash, dang