An Analysis of Modern Approaches to the Delivery of Unwanted Emails (Spam)

D  S  Silnov

doi:10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i4/84803

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An Analysis of Modern Approaches to the Delivery of Unwanted Emails (Spam)

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i4/84803

Year: 2016, Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 1-4

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An Analysis of Modern Approaches to the Delivery of Unwanted Emails (Spam)

D. S. Silnov^*

Department of Information Systems and Technologies, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, Russia; [email protected]

*Author For Correspondence
D. S. Silnov
Department of Information Systems and Technologies, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, Russia; [email protected]

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

Background: A new way of spam sending was discovered. Old spam techniques not effective now, spammers find new ways. Analysis: The analysis shows that spammers find new ways to bypass very efficient tools to catch spam like DNSBL, SPF and some others. Findings: New discovered approach uses cheap domain names and cheap hosting services to imitate legal mail servers. Conclusion: New anti-spam tools needed to fight against new spam sending wave.

Keywords: Email Spam, Filters Bypass, Spam Filtering, Spam Hosting