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But in this case, the spam slipped by Proofpoint’s filters unnoticed, and two PCs at Dekalb were infected with the keylogger
program. The IT department spent roughly two hours cleaning them up.
Proofpoint’s technology catches so much spam that Finney isn’t fazed by these few that slipped by. However, she is concerned
that the nature of spam is changing, making it more dangerous and harder to catch.
“Spam is something that is such a cheap method of intrusion, I think in the long term ... spam … is going to get stealthier
and more targeted, and the payload is going to be more about gathering information” than selling products, she says. “The
more targeted spam becomes and the more specific to each industry, the harder it’s going to be for [antispam] companies to
detect it.”
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