Proofpoint to Host Free Web Seminar on Image-Based Spam
CUPERTINO, Calif., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ — Proofpoint, Inc., the leader in large-enterprise messaging security solutions, today announced it is holding a free, educational web seminar about image-based spam and the new technologies available to combat this growing threat. On Tuesday, December 12 at 2:00 pm ET / 11:00 am PT, Proofpoint product experts will explain the origins of image-based spam, the various techniques spammers use to disguise image-based spam and the steps your organization can take to stop it.
To register for this free web seminar, please visit: http://www.proofpoint.com/image-based-spam .
All web seminar attendees will receive a Starbucks card worth $5.00 and will also be entered into a drawing to win a Bose SoundDock system.
Proofpoint estimates that image-based spam now represents approximately 30% of all new spam campaigns. In the month of December to date, image-based spam has accounted for more than 24% of total spam volume. Of these messages, more than 80% use GIF format attachments to deliver the spam payload, with most of the rest using JPEG format images.
Proofpoint’s anti-spam solution has continued to perform with extremely high effectiveness against both “traditional” and image-based spam during the latest spam outbreaks-averaging higher than 99.5% effectiveness during the month of November, as measured against Proofpoint’s network of honeypots.
About Proofpoint, Inc.
Proofpoint provides messaging security solutions for large enterprises to stop spam, protect against email viruses, ensure that outbound messages comply with both corporate policies and external regulations and prevent leaks of confidential information via email and other network protocols. The company’s flagship products, the Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway(TM) and Proofpoint Protection Server(R) provide future-proof messaging security using Proofpoint MLX(TM) technology, an advanced machine learning system developed by Proofpoint scientists and engineers. For more information, please visit http://www.proofpoint.com/ .
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CONTACT: Andy Murphy of Davies Murphy Group, +1-781-418-2408, orpr@proofpoint.com, for Proofpoint, Inc.
Web site: http://www.proofpoint.com/