I got Spam?!

2007 was a banner year for cybercriminals. We saw them find more and more ways to get past spam filters and anti-virus software. PDF spam died out but MP3 spam rose. There was ransomware, increased phishing, bluetooth spam, search engine spam, Skype and YouTube were hacked and used to send spam, and near the end of 2007 we were introduced to video spam. And then there's the Storm Worm, which only seems to be gaining strength. Here is a video presentation from F-Source which provides an overview of 2007's spam and cybercriminal activity and a look ahead to 2008.

• Spammers top 10 report: US Leading the Axis of Evil!
• Botnet Source Code For Overachievers
• Judge Orders End to Weight Loss Spam Organization
• Spikes In Spam Put Your Business at Risk
• Phishing Sites Now Using the Storm Worm Botnet
• Japanese Spammer Accused of Sending Over 2 Million Spams
• Kaspersky Security 6.0 For Exchange Server 2007 Beta Released
• Anti-anti-spam spam: Spam is becoming plain silly
• Using Throttling and Traffic Shaping to Fight Spam
• SPAM, Viruses and the Blacklisting of Exchange Servers
• 11 Indicted in Pump and Dump Spam Scheme
• GFI Adds Support for January 2008 Microsoft Security Updates
• New Phishing Attack Masquerades as Government Alert
• Spammers Use Lunar Eclipse to Deliver Malware
• Security Software Industry Takes First Steps Towards Forming Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization

Filed under: Security measures Tags: by admin Date 6 January, 2008