Barracuda Networks, Inc., a leading provider of security solutions for business applications, today announced that from August to date has detected an increase of over 67 per cent in volume at the federal spam level, and a 500 percent increase in spam through images. This increase is attributed to several trends, including a significant increase in the number of promotions unknown companies (penny stock) that Barracuda Central, advanced technology operations center where engineers Continually monitor the Internet for trends in spam and virus attacks, has added millions of electronic mailboxes of more than 35.000 customers around the world.

"The increase in volume of trading companies is exaggerated in unknown spam mails, it provides financial motivation for speculators to send this type of spam," said Stephen Pao, vice president of product management for Barracuda Networks, adding that the volume of other forms of spam messages has also increased recently, including messages about diet pills and other drugs. "We are observing more spam and more sophistication in sending this kind of unwanted email." "The increase in volume of trading companies is exaggerated in unknown spam mails, it provides financial motivation for speculators to send this type of spam," said Stephen Pao, Vice President of product management for Barracuda Networks, adding that the volume of other forms of spam messages has also increased recently, including messages about diet pills and other drugs. "We are observing more spam and more sophistication in sending this kind of unwanted email."

Marked increases in spam text messages Marked increases in text message spam
Simple text messages can be difficult to detect and block because they are designed to be similar to a legitimate email text. The volume of text spam has increased especially with the popularity of commercial spam because these forms of spam are particularly well adapted to text-only email. Just want to sell something and therefore these emails need not reveal their intentions or URLs including HTML tags. Simple text messages can be difficult to detect and block because they are designed to be similar to a legitimate text email. The volume of text spam has increased especially with the popularity of commercial spam because these forms of spam are particularly well adjusted to text-only email. Just want to sell something and therefore these emails need not reveal their intentions including URLs or HTML tags.

Stop the text-based spam generally requires a rapid response tactics. The text deals with spam circumvent spam filters by typing the wrong keywords or haphazardly inserting unrelated phrases. Sophisticated spammers generally design and test their messages against the current spam definitions of the most popular spam filters. Stop the text-based spam generally requires a rapid response tactics. The text deals with spam circumvent spam filters by typing the wrong keywords or haphazardly inserting unrelated phrases. The Sophisticated spammers generally design and test their messages against updated definitions of spam filters spam better known. Therefore, blocking these messages designed to circumvent spam filters requires early detection of the onset of the attack and a rapid deployment of strategies to mitigate the effects. Therefore, blocking these messages designed to circumvent spam filters requires early detection of the onset of the attack and a rapid deployment of strategies to mitigate the effects.

Barracuda Central is present, through a trap for spammers and distributed network of more than 35,000 Barracuda Spam Firewalls in the field who send spam samples to combat the incidence of amplified spam text messages over the past three months. Barracuda Central is present, through a trap for spammers and distributed network of more than 35.000 Barracuda Spam Firewalls in the field who send spam samples to combat the incidence of spam text messages amplified over the past three months.

Image Spam on the rise Image Spam on the rise
In addition, Barracuda Networks reports a considerable increase in the volume of image-based spam, a trend that began more than six months and against which the Barracuda Spam Firewall includes strong security measures. As the development of commercial spam that can pass through the most popular antispam filters often requires the spammer to degrade the readability of your messages, spam is commercial disguised in a high percentage of images. Using techniques OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and unique methods of fingerprints, the Barracuda Spam Firewall has an effectiveness rate of over 93 percent against spam-based images. In addition, Barracuda Networks reports a considerable increase in the volume of image-based spam, a trend that began more than six months and against which the Barracuda Spam Firewall includes strong security measures. As the development of commercial spam that can pass through the most popular spam filters often requires the spammer to degrade the Readability of your messages, spam is commercial in disguise a high percentage of images. Using techniques OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and unique methods of fingerprinting, the Barracuda Spam Firewall has an effectiveness rate of over 93 percent against spam-based images.

"The image-based spam has created problems for many solutions that do not have the integrated set of functions required to combat it," said Pao. "As we discovered early this growing trend, we could equip the entire Barracuda Spam Firewall against spam, and our customers benefit from a very low incidence of image spam based on their electronic mailboxes." "The image-based spam has created problems for many solutions that do not have the integrated set of functions required to combat it, "said Pao. "As we discovered early this growing trend, we could equip the entire Barracuda Spam Firewall against spam, and our customers benefit from a very low incidence of image spam based on their electronic mailboxes."

In the past three months Barracuda Central has recorded an increase of almost 500 percent in image-based spam. In the past three months Barracuda Central has recorded an increase of almost 500 percent in image-based spam. In a large proportion of these cases, many of these images also contain text. Using OCR, the Barracuda Spam Firewall can identify this, then turned into data and give a score based on specific rules developed by engineers at Barracuda Central. In a large proportion of these cases, many of these images also contain text. Using OCR, the Barracuda Spam Firewall can identify this, then turned into data and give a score based on specific rules developed by engineers at Barracuda Central.

Barracuda Networks also developed methods of fingerprint unique components of spam messages, including pictures. Barracuda Central collects these spam fingerprints from the traps (honeypots) as well as hundreds of Barracuda Spam Firewalls belonging to customers who opt to send spam messages for analysis. Using this vast database of spam fingerprints, the new analysis of these tracks that makes the Barracuda Spam Firewall can compare the components of new spam messages against known spam fingerprints and automatically block these emails. Put them in quarantine, or labeled in a similar basis. The analysis of fingerprints can block spam, regardless of whether images contain text. In the past three months, Barracuda Networks has upgraded several times its fingerprint analysis to ensure that its rate of effectiveness against spam remains above 93 percent. Barracuda Networks also developed methods of fingerprint unique components of spam messages, including pictures. Barracuda Central collects these spam fingerprints from the traps (honeypots) as well as hundreds of Barracuda Spam Firewalls belonging to customers who choose to send messages for spam analysis. Using this vast database of spam fingerprints, the new analysis of these tracks that makes the Barracuda Spam Firewall can compare the components of new spam messages against known spam fingerprints and automatically block these emails. Put quarantined, or tagged with a similar basis. The analysis of fingerprints can block spam, regardless of whether images contain text. In the past three months, Barracuda Networks has upgraded its fingerprint analysis several times to ensure that its rate of effectiveness against spam remains above 93 percent.

"Barracuda Networks is committed to ensuring that the Barracuda Spam Firewall to stay ahead of trends, whether the increase in spam of text, images, or new techniques that may arise," said Pao. "We will provide more robust tools best designed specifically to handle the ever-changing variations of spam circulating on the Net" "Barracuda Networks is committed to ensuring that the Barracuda Spam Firewall to stay ahead of trends, whether the increase in spam of text, images, or new techniques that may arise, "said Pao. "We will provide more robust the best tools designed specifically to handle the ever-changing variations of spam circulating on the Net"

About Barracuda Networks, Inc. About Barracuda Networks, Inc.
Barracuda Networks is the leading provider of devices for security applications, enterprise-class protection for email, Internet and IM protection. Barracuda Networks is the leading provider of devices for security applications, enterprise-class protection for email, Internet and IM protection. Its products protect over 35,000 customers around the world, including Adaptec, Caltrans, CBS, Georgia Institute of Technology, IBM, NASA, Pizza Hut, Union Pacific Railroad Company, and the U.S. Treasury Department. The Barracuda Spam Firewall and Barracuda Spam Firewall - Outbound protect organizations against spam, viruses and policy violations to email security. The Barracuda Web Filter, originally known as the Barracuda Web Filter offers comprehensive content filtering and complete network protection against spyware, malware and viruses. Its products protect over 35.000 customers around the world, including Adaptec, Caltrans, CBS, Georgia Institute of Technology, IBM, NASA, Pizza Hut, Union Pacific Railroad Company, and the U.S. Treasury Department. The Barracuda Spam Firewall and Barracuda Spam Firewall - Outbound protect organizations against spam, viruses and policy violations to email security. The Barracuda Web Filter, originally known as the Barracuda Web Filter offers comprehensive content filtering and complete network protection against spyware, malware and viruses. The Barracuda IM Firewall is the only solution all in one gateway for traffic safety and management of IM. Barracuda Networks is a privately held company headquartered in Mountain View, California. The Barracuda IM Firewall is the only all in one gateway solution for traffic safety and management of IM. Barracuda Networks is a privately held company headquartered in Mountain View, California. Barracuda Networks has offices in eight international locations and distributors in over 43 countries.

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