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What Can Users Do to Protect Themselves from Bots?

Every day there are news stories about bots and all the harm they cause. Bots are pieces of software, often called malware, which criminals surreptitiously install on computers to inflict harm, such as sending spam, stealing financial information or conducting DDOS attacks against other computers. Corporate PCs are tempting targets as they often have access to confidential company information. Recent cases of infected corporate PCs have been in the news with tales of large sums of money stolen from corporate bank accounts.

Eye on Messaging
This week Philadelphia hosts two important groups in the messaging industry as the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) and the Online Trust Alliance (OTA) both hold meetings there. MAAWG’...
Eye on Messaging
This month our friends at Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) published new best practices to help ISPs deal with bot infections on customer computers. While these guidelines are targeted at...
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