This is the kind of social engineering tactic employed for some time by spammers, who have taken the lead from virus writers. Natasha Staley, information security analyst at MessageLabs, said: "Spammers tend to tap into the things they think people...
The company attributed the spam rise to two factors: the demise of anti-spam efforts by Blue Security, and growing use by spammers of image-only emails to defeat filters. As for image-based spam, it's now one of the most popular ways for spammers...
In January 2007, one in 93.3 (1.07 per cent) emails comprised some form of phishing attack, according to security mail services vendor MessageLabs. Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, said: "More email at the moment does appear...
There is the potential for massive fraud in the early days of voice phishing simply because users still trust telephone messages more than emails. Certainly spammers wield enough power and would be enthusiastic adopters of a new voice channel to...
According to MessageLabs, spammers have recently been experimenting with different types of file attachments, including text, image, HTML, ZIP, RAR, RTF and PDF file formats. As image spam shifts from email attachments to images on free image...
To bypass AV systems, gangs are also turning away from using email attachments to propagate their malware and are now using links to infected sites. They sell encryption keys that give other spammers access to discrete chunks of their botnet that...
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