Double Click ad links used in URLs
“Let’s try something new” said one spammer to the other. “I have enough of these Google PageAd links in our spam. I’m going to integrate Double Click this time.” And yes, we intercept more URLs…
Monthly Archives: May 2008
OPTA gives fine for 'home work' spammers
Two spammers and the companies Abodata V.O.F. and H.P.T. Development B.V in the Netherlands have been convicted to a fine of € 510.000 for sending out spam messages regarding ‘home work’ by the OPTA. These persons did send…
MySpace wins $230 million anti-spam judgment
Sanford Wallace and his partner Walter Rines face a $230 million anti-spam judgment. The duo were found responsible for sending out phishing scams designed to harvest MySpace login credentials, prior to bombarding members with messages punting gambling…
Security flaw in Gmail can turn server in a spam machine
INSERT, the Information Security Research Team, has created a proof of concept that exploits Google’s SMTP service bypassing Google’s 500-address bulk e-mail limit and identity fraud protections. This vulnerability enables an attacker to bypass blacklist/whitelist based email…
Social networks like Twitter also target for spammers
Popular social networks are facing a difficult time to stop spammers from abusing their networks. Twitter, a micro-blogging network site where you can publish text updates via SMS, instant messaging, email, Twitter’s website and third party…
Mailings from FashionShopping.com - continued
Remember our posting about FashionShopping.com? Well we see in the logs a change of behaviour regarding the mailings of FashionShopping.com. Last time it was a lot of trouble getting of that list and they send their…
30th Anniversary of First Spam Email
Oeps, totally forgot another anniversary. This also happens in real life with family, I do forget anniversaries every time. It seems that spam is already 30 years old and I missed it. Arpanet — the…