Below is a very out of date BLOG... a lot has happened in the last 9 months, much of it good but very very hard work.
I'll be back in 2012 with a new perspective, fresh eyes on things and perhaps a little more commentary around the current state of affairs in security,
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I had a conversation with ACMA today re: All of my SPAM complaints and I must say they were very helpful.Whilst we agreed that the "Spoof" emails were highly annoying due to the pain in trying to auto-junk them using a rule in my email client they we powerless to do anything about the spoof employment scam emails.
One thing that was good to know is that the origin of most of these emails is in Russia. Whilst the relays are often sent through unsuspecting mail servers, generally the content was created and formed in Russia. Interestingly I have had many Chinese spoof emails since this investigation started.
So what can be done on your desktop? Well not much really. Unless you buy one of the many SPAM protection software applications that are available and run your mail through them before you get the mail yourself you are some what at the mercy of this illegal and highly annoying practice. Whilst software on your desktop is useful, you are often at the ISP's whim as to what they allow and that they don't allow. Sure there are settings that allow you to create your own block list, but really there could be a better and more open approach.
I have deleted my next few paragraphs due to a change in circumstances which I am not at liberty to talk about. Needless to say when I can, I will.
Thanks again to ACMA for their tireless efforts.
