Email Spamsters Move From Selling To Sabotaging
3 01 2008
“MANILA, Philippines — Apparently, spammers are getting better at what they do and they are not just trying to dupe people into buying Viagra or offering mail-order brides.” - inquirer.net
Email Spammers are moving from trying to sell a product in the email to getting the recipient to visit a certain website, it’s a more soft sell, (a website that contains a multitude of malware).
As the inquirer.net points out, in 2006 images were the big thing in Viagra email spam. In 2007, over 120 different attachment attacks were documented. In 2008, it’s being predicted that more and more social engineering will be the focus. Getting the email spam recipients to visit a website for “social” purposes.
The Viagra (Sildenafil citrate) email spammers are gearing up for the expiration of Pfizer’s patent on Viagra. At that time, all hell shall break loose!
* Email Spam Trends: IronPort’s Internet Security Trends Report (www.ironport.com) highlights today’s key security trends. The report estimates there are now more than 120 billion spam messages daily — or about 20 spam messages per day for every person on the planet. inquirer.net
