"Inside the Spam Cartel" Released by Syngress Publishing

Syngress Publishing Announces Publication of "Inside the SPAM Cartel"

A "Must Read" for Security Professionals, Law Enforcement, Hackers, and
Programmers

Contact: Amy Pedersen
781-681-5151 x12
amy@syngress.com

Rockland, MA -- Syngress Publishing, Inc., today announced the publication
of Inside the SPAM Cartel (ISBN: 1-932266-86-0), a methodical and
technically explicit expose that travels beyond configuring filters and
cleaning mailboxes. It is a "must read" for security professionals, law
enforcement, hackers, and programmers.

Stu Sjouwerman, founder of Sunbelt Software, said, "This book is a must
for any system and/or network administrator who runs mail servers and must
ensure their organization is as safe as possible against the many dangers
lurking behind their firewall. Spam is a many-headed dragon. In its most
innocuous form it affects productivity negatively by being a distraction
and a nuisance, but it can be used as a vector for many more destructive
purposes like drive-by installs of trojans, key loggers, viruses, and
spyware."

Chapter topics include: Inside the Head of a Spammer, How Spam Works,
Sending Spam, Your E-mail: Digital Gold, Creating the Message and Getting
It Read, Getting Paid as a Spammer, Spam Filters: Detection and Evasion,
Spam Filters: Advanced Detection and Evasion, Phishing and Scam Spam, Spam
and the Law, Analyzing Spam, The Real Cost of Spam, Statistics of Spam,
The Future of Spam, FAQs of Spam, Closing Comments, Combating Spam with
Exchange Server and Outlook.

BOOK DETAILS
Inside the SPAM Cartel
ISBN: 1-932266-86-0
PRICE: $49.95 U.S.
PAGE COUNT: 432 PP

Inside the book coverage:
-Understand SPAM as an Industry: See why SPAM has become a preferred means
of mass market advertising for many companies.
-Learn How Spammers "Own" Proxy Servers and SMTP Relays: Scan networks to
identify security flaws for exploitation.
-Bait the Hook with Phishing and Scam SPAM: See how promises of a Nigerian
treasury surplus or an uncollected lottery winning attract the
unsuspecting.
-Discover the Top Spoofed Spam Domains: You may be surprised to know that
the most commonly abused domains include Microsoft, Yahoo, and Ameritech
locations.
-Employ SPAM Forensics: Track a spammer's activities and build a
fingerprint from the spam they send and the techniques they use.
-Learn the Rules of the CAN-SPAM Act: Find the teeth in the law to help
protect both corporate and national security interests.
-Create Messages that Get Read: Only the best spammers have mastered the
art of making the reader want to buy an otherwise useless product.
-Learn how VoIP Spam May Be the Next Big Thing: VoIP creates an IP address
for your phone number, meaning most of the spammer's e-mail techniques can
be readily ported.

About the Editor
Jeffrey Posluns (Technical Editor), CISM, CISA, ISSAP, ISSMP, CISSP, SSCP,
has over a decade of experience specializing in the management of
technology companies, with technical expertise in the analysis of hacker
tools and techniques, intrusion detection, forensics, and incident
response. Having founded, co-founded, and invested in several e-commerce
and security initiatives, he has served in the capacity of president, CTO,
and CIO. Jeffrey speaks at seminars and conferences worldwide for
corporate, law enforcement, financial, and legal audiences, where his
sessions are most often described as educational and thought provoking. As
one of the industry's leading security professionals, he is a dynamic,
highly sought business and technology speaker, an author of multiple books
and white papers, and a recognized expert in identifying trends, solving
business problems, and resolving security issues for many of the nation's
leading companies. He has authored, edited, and contributed to a number of
books from Syngress Publishing including "Snort 2.0 Intrusion Detection"
(ISBN: 1-931836-74-4), the "SSCP Certification Study Guide & DVD Training
System" (ISBN: 1-931836-80-9), and "Hack Proofing Your Wireless Networks"
(ISBN: 1-928994-59-8), as well as having written and contributed to other
technological books, white papers, financial and security-related software
and toolkits. Jeffrey is also a trainer for the Certified Information
Systems Security Professional (CISSP) curriculum.

Stu Sjouwerman (Foreword) is the President of Sunbelt Software and the
publisher of W2Knews, the world's first and largest e-newsletter
specifically focused on NT/W2K system managers. W2Knews has 300,000 weekly
readers who have the job of keeping NT/W2K up and running in a production
environments. Sunbelt has made it into the INC. 500 Magazine list of
fastest-growing, privately-held companies. By 2003, Sunbelt had total
revenues of $30M and Stu had co-authored three books on Windows system
administration, including the bestselling "Windows NT Power Toolkit."
Sunbelt's most popular product is iHateSpam, which is the best selling
anti-spam solution for Microsoft Exchange sites with 5,000 installations,
and 250,000 end users using iHateSpam on their personal computers. Stu
lives in Bellair, FL.
Background Information

Syngress Publishing (www.syngress.com), headquartered in Rockland,
Massachusetts, is an independent publisher of print and electronic
reference materials for Information Technology professionals seeking skill
enhancement and career advancement. Distributed throughout Europe, Asia,
and the U.S. and Canada, Syngress titles have been translated into twenty
languages. The company's pioneering customer support program,
solutions@syngress.com, extends the value of every Syngress title with
regular information updates and customer-driven author forums. For more
information on Syngress products, contact Amy Pedersen at 781-681-5151 or
email amy@syngress.com. Syngress books are distributed in the United
States and Canada by O'Reilly Media, Inc.