electronic spam
Let an agent explain electronic spam, relay types, harms and countermeasures from cybersecurity sources, describe the named forms, route phishing and scam caution, and distinguish spam from legitimate marketing, phishing as a subtype, malware and unsolicited but lawful contact.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain electronic spam, relay types, harms and countermeasures from cybersecurity sources, describe the named forms, route phishing and scam caution, and distinguish spam from legitimate marketing, phishing as a subtype, malware and unsolicited but lawful contact.
Unsolicited bulk electronic messages sent indiscriminately, most familiar as email spam but including forms the registry aliases name such as forum and blog comment spam, newsgroup spam, image spam that hides text in pictures, VoIP spam or spit, and the Joe job, a spam that forges another person s address to damage them; spam wastes resources, carries scams, phishing and malware, and is countered by filters, authentication and law. People should not reply to or click links in spam, and suspicious messages should be reported.
What it is for: Not applicable; unwanted bulk electronic messaging.
It can be explain types and harms; relay countermeasures; describe named forms; route phishing and scam caution.
Distinguishing features
Unsolicited and bulk
Many channels
Carries scams and malware
Filtered and regulated
What it looks like
Unwanted emails, comments and messages, often advertising or fraudulent.
Physical character
name origin: from a Monty Python sketch note
countermeasures: filters, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, law list
registry parents: unwanted advertising, message note
How it is recognised
Unsolicited bulk electronic messages
Forum spam, newsgroup spam, spam in blogs, VoIP spam, image spam, Joe job
Legitimate marketing has consent; phishing is a fraud subtype; malware is malicious software; lawful unsolicited contact follows rules
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is contrasted with -
includes - as a subtype
is contrasted with -
In practice
Families and kinds
email spam
comment and forum spam
messaging and VoIP spam
image spam
Standards and regulation
Anti-spam laws such as CAN-SPAM and the GDPR and ePrivacy rules
Email authentication standards
Failure modes and hazards
Phishing and scams
Malware from spam links
Joe job reputation damage
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What electronic spam is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- Has someone received suspicious messages, in which case do not click links or reply, and report phishing and scams? boundary
- What is electronic spam, and how does it differ from legitimate marketing, phishing, malware and lawful unsolicited contact? definition
Forms
Named forms.
Forms
Forms.
- What are forum, blog, newsgroup, VoIP and image spam, and the Joe job? definition
- Which entry fits the specific form? action
Harms Harms.
Regulation.
Scams
Scams and phishing.
Scams
Scams.
- How does spam carry scams, phishing and malware? provenance
- Which entry fits phishing? action
Cost
Resource cost.
Cost
Cost.
- How does spam waste resources and attention? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Countermeasures Countermeasures.
Regulation.
Filters
Filtering.
Filters
Filters.
- How do spam filters and authentication reduce spam? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Law
Anti-spam law.
Law
Law.
- How do anti-spam laws regulate bulk messaging? provenance
- Is the information current? boundary
Context History.
Sources.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did spam and its name develop? provenance
- Is the information accurate? boundary
Joe job
Joe job.
Joe job
Joe job.
- What is a Joe job, and how does it damage a forged sender? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should phishing be a separate entry?
- How should anti-spam laws be linked?
- How should email authentication be documented?