Author: tetiana.vashchenko@data443.com

CTO Amir Lev on the Command AV acquisition and current malware trends

Commtouch recently acquired Command, the antivirus division of Authentium. We had a quick chat with Amir Lev, Commtouch CTO and president, to discuss the current state of global virus activity and the Command AV SDK. What are current malware trends?  The latest trends involve combined threats – emails with an

Sillyspam Websites

First there was Sillyspam (search Twitter for #sillyspam) – where we tweet about amusing spam topics and content that we have seen. Then we added “Silly 419” – describing some of the more outlandish attempted fraud emails that we pick up in our labs. And now we add “Sillyspam Websites”.

Spamit closure – 18% drop in global spam levels

Spamit is the organization allegedly behind a fair percentage of the worlds pharmacy spam. The closure of Spamit was reported to have taken place around the 27th of September. According to more recent reports the reasons for the sudden “voluntary” closure are related to charges brought against the individuals behind

The Virus Bulletin 2010 conference

This is my first blog posting as part of the Commtouch team so it is probably a good idea to introduce myself. My name is Robert Sandilands, I have been involved in the antivirus industry from 1995 and I came to Commtouch through their recently completed acquisition of the antivirus

Solidarity with German pharmacy spam

Commtouch recently exhibited at the 8th German Anti-Spam Summit in Wiesbaden, Germany. The Summit is organized by ECO – the Association of the German Internet Industry. Commtouch is a long-term partner of many leading German service providers and security vendors including 1&1, Intergenia and Astaro.  One of the often-discussed points