New Email Threat Poses As Local Parcel Firms
Enable Software identifies new trend in spam and email threatsLONDON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GuestTek International, Inc. (Pink
Sheets: GESM) announces that the Company's wholly owned subsidiary Enable
Software Ltd has identified a new trend in spam and email threats. Spammers are
using fake email addresses that are similar to the email addresses of local
parcel delivery companies. The email contains a generic message stating that the
company attempted to make a delivery to the users address and was unsuccessful.
The email then instructs the user to view an attachment, which contains Trojan
horses, viruses and other malware.
Spammers collect e-mail addresses from chat rooms, websites, customer lists,
newsgroups, viruses which harvest users' address books, and are sold to other
spammers. Enable is warning businesses and individuals that these spammers also
use a practice known as "e-mail appending" or "epending" in which they use known
information about their target (such as a postal address) to search for the
target's email address. Enable states that Spam averages over 92% of all e-mail
sent and is becoming increasingly sophisticated. It is this 'known information'
about the recipient that leads them to put a level of trust in the email and
causes for them to be duped into opening a potentially hazardous file
attachment.
"We are pleased with the advancements Enable has made so far in this area and
are warning people to be cautious of any email they receive at this time
claiming to be in connection with a 'missed delivery'. Our technology is
becoming extremely sophisticated and allows us to identify many new trends in
spam daily, which we then use to help our system filter out such cyber threats,"
stated Daniel Jenkins, Director and Chief Technical Officer of GuestTek
International, Inc.
For more details on GuestTek International accomplishments in 2009 and
expectations for 2010 read the Company's "President's Letter" by visiting:
www.guesttek-inc.com
About GuestTek International:
GuestTek International specializes in cloud based technologies that use the
Internet to deliver business critical applications via a global network of
partners. GuestTek International plans to grow via strategic acquisition over
the coming 12 months as well as strong sales through its subsidiary,
Enable Software Ltd.
Enable Software Ltd., a European based email management software solutions
company, works exclusively with IT Service Providers to furnish them with the
very latest in email management solutions for the modern market place. Their
solution covers everything from Archiving, Anti-Spam, Disaster Recovery and
Business Continuity.
For more information, please visit www.guesttek-inc.com
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