SPAM. What can be done by governments, to prevent spam? What can be done by IT professional bodies?

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1 SPAM What can be done by governments, to prevent spam? What can be done by IT professional bodies?

2 2 SPAM - Professional Practice Group Presentation Introduction What is Spam? Spam Origin Spam Categories Spam Statistics and Facts The Cost of Spam: Financial Risks Laws Against Spam How To Prevent Spam Stop Spam - Anti-spam Techniques Conclusion Summary

3 What is SPAM? The term spam refers to submitting the same message to a large group of individuals in an effort to force the message onto people who would otherwise choose not to receive this message. There are two types of spam: Cancelable UseNet spam spam Main components to all types of spam: Anonymity mass mailing unsolicited 3 SPAM - Professional Practice Group Presentation Spamlaws, (2009). Spam: What is Spam? [online] Available at: Spamlaws.com < [Accessed: 13 November 2010]

4 Spam Origin Though spam wasn't necessarily introduced with the internet. Spam s false start There has been much speculation about when and what was actually the "first spam". Many have declared that the first unsolicited message was written and sent out by an employee at DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation). The employee's intent was to send the message to every address on ARPANET, the network that eventually became the WorldWide Web. 4 SPAM - Professional Practice Group Presentation

5 Spam Origin continued The outrage that created the spam terminology In 1993, a man by the name of Richard Depew developed a new strategy called retro-moderation. (A system that was supposed to add a bit of order to the USENET newsgroups.) Moderators were assigned to individual newsgroups and had the ability to delete messages after they had been posted. Mr. Depew then scripted software to automatically delete the messages. But unfortunately the program had a major bug, one that mistakenly sent two hundred messages to one particular newsgroup. Many people were outraged by the unexpected messages. 5 SPAM - Professional Practice Group Presentation

6 Spam Origin continued Jesus and spam Clarence L. Thomas IV is accused of distributing the first mass message mailing on USENET in The message was GLOBAL ALERT FOR ALL: JESUS IS COMING SOON. Theinfamous origin of modern spam Spam became modernized in 1994 by the infamous duo of Cantor and Siegel. They were responsible for posting the "Green Card Lottery" advertisement. The message was simultaneously distributed to 6,000 newsgroups. 6 SPAM - Professional Practice Group Presentation Spamlaws, (2009). Spam Origin [online] Available at: Spamlaws.com < [Accessed: 13 November 2010]

7 Spam Categories Text Spam Stocks Spam Financial Spam Avert Spam News Spam IT Spam Forum Profile Spam Chinese Spam Russian Spam Survey Spam 7 SPAM - Professional Practice Group Presentation Spamlaws, (2009). Spam Categories [online] Available at: Spamlaws.com < [Accessed: 13 November 2010]

8 Spam Statistics and Facts Spam is a huge issue for most Internet users in fact, 52% of participants polled in a recent survey stated that spam was a major problem. Statistics and Facts Spam accounts for 14.5 billion messages globally per day. In other words, spam makes up 45% of all s. Surprisingly, scams and fraud comprise only 2.5% of all spam ; however, identity theft (which is known as phishing) makes up 73% of this figure. 8 SPAM - Professional Practice Group Presentation

9 Spam Statistics and Facts continued Most common category of spam. 26.5% 31.7% 36% Advertising-related Adult-related in subject Unwanted s related to financial matters 9 SPAM - Professional Practice Group Presentation

10 Spam Statistics and Facts continued Statistics and Facts Companies also find spam a troublesome problem that reduces productivity and safety. 52% of companies interviewed for a recent study listed minimizing spam as their top priority. Anti spam measures such as spam blockers provide some hope in the fight against unwanted . In fact, MSN alone blocks some 2.4 billion spam s every day. 10 SPAM - Professional Practice Group Presentation Spamlaws, (2009). Spam Statistics and Facts [online] Available at: Spamlaws.com < [Accessed: 13 November 2010]

11 The Cost of Spam: Financial Risks While spamming is very inexpensive for the sender, it can prove to be costly for your business and internet service providers. Ways spam takes money from online businesses Anti-spam Solution Decline in Productivity Wasted Storage Space Costs for the Internet Service Provider The Intangible Price 11 SPAM - Professional Practice Group Presentation Spamlaws, (2009). The Cost of Spam: Financial Risks [online] Available at: Spamlaws.com < [Accessed: 13 November 2010]

12 Laws Against Spam There are laws against spam which taken by several countries. USA CAN-SPAM Act in European Union EUR-LEX: European Union Law European Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial (EuroCAUCE) Japan Law on Unsolicited Russia, South Korea, Canada, Australia 12 SPAM - Professional Practice Group Presentation Spamlaws, (2009). Spam Laws [online] Available at: Spamlaws.com < [Accessed: 13 November 2010]

13 CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act of Themechanics of CAN-SPAM Applicability Unsubscribe compliance Content compliance Sending behavior compliance Reaction Referred to as the "You-Can-Spam" Act. Complying with the requirements of the law were estimated to be 0.27% of all spam s. 13 SPAM - Professional Practice Group Presentation Spamlaws, (2009). Spam Laws: The United States CAN-SPAM Act [online] Available at: Spamlaws.com < [Accessed: 13 November 2010]

14 CAUCE Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial . Non-profit advocacy group that works to reduce the amount of unsolicited commercial , or spam, via legislation. Founded in 1997 by participants in the USENET. CAUCE North America, CAUCE Canada, CAUCE Europe, CAUCE India, CAUBE.AU. In 2003,APCAUCE (CAUCE Asia Pacific) was formed. 14 SPAM - Professional Practice Group Presentation Spamlaws, (2009). Spam Laws [online] Available at: Spamlaws.com < [Accessed: 13 November 2010]

15 How To Prevent Spam There are many things you can do that will decrease the amount of spam in your inbox. Things can be used to prevent spam UsingYour Firewall against Spam. ProtectingYourself with Anti-Spam Software. You can use spam Blocker or Filter. 15 SPAM - Professional Practice Group Presentation

16 How To Prevent Spam continued Common sense ways to prevent spam in your inbox and increase your address's security. Never reply to or click on any links in a spam message. Read your messages as text Preview your messages View message headers Don't participate in forwards and ask your friends not to send you them. Use a complicated address Create alias addresses 16 SPAM - Professional Practice Group Presentation

17 How To Prevent Spam continued Common sense ways to prevent spam in your inbox and increase your address's security. continued Read privacy policies before disclosing your address. Keep your home or business address confidential Don't give your real address for registration Don't use your address as your screen name Disguise your address Don't use a major national free provider as your primary address Use a spam filer or blocker Adjust your privacy settings 17 SPAM - Professional Practice Group Presentation Spamlaws, (2009). How To Prevent Spam [online] Available at: Spamlaws.com < [Accessed: 13 November 2010]

18 Stop Spam - Anti-spam Techniques spam is basically unsolicited mail in an electronic form. It tends to involve nearly identical messages sent to many different recipients. Junk can clog your inbox and waste your time as you go through all the unsolicited to get to the important messages. Filtering by Content Blacklisting Avoid Harvesting Contract Forms Disable HTML in Use Disposable Addresses 18 SPAM - Professional Practice Group Presentation Spamlaws, (2009). Anti-spam Techniques [online] Available at: Spamlaws.com < [Accessed: 13 November 2010]

19 Conclusions Spams cost more than just money and bandwidth. There is no actual way to eliminate spam. The best way to get rid of spam is become aware of it. Get the help of IT professionals to find a better solution which can prevent spams. Government can take the initiative to make the public aware of the methods available to get rid of spams. Government should make the ISPs comply with the laws and legislations which protects the consumer from the spams. Government can gather the IT professionals to find a concrete solution. 19 SPAM - Professional Practice Group Presentation

20 Summary What is Spam? Spam Origin Spam Categories Spam Statistics and Facts The Cost of Spam: Financial Risks Laws Against Spam HowTo Prevent Spam Stop Spam - Anti-spamTechniques Conclusions 20 SPAM - Professional Practice Group Presentation

21 References Spamlaws, (2009). Spam [online] Available at: Spamlaws.com < [Accessed: 13 November 2010] Wikipedia, (2010). CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 [online] Available at: wikipedia.com < [Accessed: 16 November 2010] FCC, (2010). CAN-SPAM [online] Available at: fcc.gov < [Accessed: 16 November 2010] 21 SPAM - Professional Practice Group Presentation

22 22 SPAM - Professional Practice Group Presentation Any Questions?