Briefs

5/2/2006 12:40:21 PM, by Nate Anderson

North America, though no longer the world leader in spam production, still has serious potted meat problems. A recent research paper out of the University of Calgary suggests that those problems could soon be a lot worse if spam creators adopt a few simple data-mining procedures.

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Using only simple data-mining techniques, their software successfully generated legitimate-looking reply messages that lacked all the usual spam telltales.

Fortunately for those who detest spam, the authors also present four new defenses that could help stop this newer, more personalized spam. ...

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