Chart of Legal Actions taken under CASL
A PDF Chart of all legal actions taken by enforcement agencies since CASL came into effect.
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CAUCE, M3AAWG, and LAP publish Operation Safety-Net
CAUCE is proud to announce the publication of the new Operation Safety-Net. This document is intended for business and government leaders (but interesting to anyone), and contains 60 pages of clear and readable advice. It...
Read MoreCanada’s Anti Spam Law Regarding Addresses On This Site
By accessing cauce.org you do not have permission to send messages containing offers, promotions, or marketing of any kind to any email address posted on this site.
Read MoreRussian Cybercrime
Speaking as a Canadian, Sochi was pretty nice. However, in terms of cybercrime, NBC recently published a report which sums it up pretty well : Skilled, Cheap Russian Hackers Power American Cybercrime The following clip is...
Read More‘Dun & Bradstreet’ Malware Email
I just received this email ostensibly from business reputation firm Dub & Bradstreet. The fact that I don’t actually have a business at present time didn’t escape me, but the verbiage of the email is compelling, and I can...
Read MoreCRTC CASL Regulation Summary
We have found what appears to be an official version of the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commissions (CRTC) Canada’s Anti-Spam Law CASL regulations. Here is a quick summary:
Read MoreFacts & Tips for Consumers about the Epsilon Breach
Epsilon Interactive, who sends commercial email on behalf of hundreds of companies, admitted to a security breach that they detected some time in March. Epsilon and its parent company, Alliance Data, have posted two press...
Read MoreEpsilon Interactive breach the Fukushima of the Email Industry
Marketing as Usual? Not a chance. – Epsilon corporate catch phrase A series of attacks on the Email Service Provider (ESP) community began in late 2009. The criminals spear-phish their way into these companies that provide...
Read MoreI don’t really want to stay in touch on LinkedIn
Imagine my surprise (I imagine yours to be similar), when whilst sitting around watching t.v. on a cold Sunday afternoon I was fiddling with my new iPad, and decided during a commercial to cross-check my gmail contacts to my...
Read MoreHow Your Privacy Is Exploited Online and How To Protect Yourself
I spotted a disturbing headline which reminded me to repost a recent series about online privacy in the Wall Street Journal. Suit alleges Disney, other top sites spied on users – CNET NewsA lawsuit filed in federal court...
Read MoreResources for Cleaning Your Network
The first step (but certainly not the last) towards saving the internet from spam, malware, and other abuse is to keep your own network clean.
A friend of CAUCE offers these tips and resources to help you identify problem traffic emanating from your network, and clean it up. Though primarily written for ISPs, many of the items below should apply equally well to any network owner.
T’is the Season for Apartment Rental Scam Spams – Consumer Alert
Summer tends to be moving time here in Montreal, as it is elsewhere. This year, I have decided to move, and thought it would be an opportune time to share a warning about some scams that are related to this seemingly harmless...
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