Shortened URLs, a service on many sites that turns lengthy Web addresses into shorter URLs, is rapidly becoming a popular way for spammers to reach unsuspecting readers. New analysis from Symantec’s ...
Where does it really lead? Email security provider MessageLabs said on Tuesday it saw a dramatic spike in the number of spam emails that include shortened URLs. Shortened URLs, which allow spammers to ...
Online spammers are increasingly using .gov URLs to spam the general public by taking advantage of a the between USA.gov and URL shortening service bitly.com, according to Symantec. In a new blog post ...
Symantec has released the July 2010 MessageLabs Intelligence Report which contains the usual interesting and relevant facts regarding trends in spam and malware. Of particular interest in this report, ...
Spammers aren’t shy about jumping humans flexible cognitive abilities to slip past the notice of spam filters (H3rb41 V14gr4, anyone?). They’re also ever-alert to flaws or inconsistencies in the way ...
Spammers have found a way to circumvent security measures at URL-shortening Websites that detect and remove malicious links. They are creating their own services on the .info domain, Symantec ...
URL shorteners have become a popular tool for spammers to hide their spam sites, but now there's a spam gang with at least 80 public URL-shortening service websites open for anyone to use. Researchers ...
Cybercriminals are increasingly using 1.usa.gov links in their spam campaigns to trick users into thinking the links lead to genuine US government Web sites. How are they pulling it off? It turns out ...
Spam hit an all-time high this year, with more unwanted messages pouring in from a smorgasbord of countries, thanks in part to globalization. Such are the findings of a recent and comprehensive report ...
Researchers at Microsoft Thursday released a new report and tool aimed at preventing Web spammers from exploiting Internet search engines to drive traffic to spam URLs. The tool, called the Strider ...
Red Earth Software announced Wednesday that its Policy Patrol 3.5 is the first commercial anti-spam add-on for Microsoft Exchange to support new Spam URL Realtime Block Lists (SURBL). Unlike Realtime ...