What new technologies has the Barracuda Spam Firewall added to combat the latest spam campaigns?
In 2007 and so far in 2008 alone, Barracuda Networks has announced several initiatives against spam: Multi-Pass Optical Character Recognition Engine: Image spam generally embeds text within images with the intent of hiding content and bypassing the text rules processing layers of spam filters. With Barracuda Networks’ industry-leading multi-pass OCR engine, Barracuda Spam Firewalls render the spammers’ tricks to hide text behind color or blurred images ineffective. Predictive Sender Profiling: Barracuda Networks’ industry-leading Predictive Sender Profiling probes deeper into sent email and digs into the campaign itself to identify anomalous sender activity, allowing Barracuda Networks to effectively block spam typically unstoppable by traditional reputation analysis. Barracuda Real-Time Protection: Barracuda Real-Time Protection uses an advanced set of technologies to immediately block the latest virus, spyware and other malware attacks as they emerge. Leveraging the Barracuda Spam Fi
