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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 171 days ago
Via: http://securitylabs.websense.com | Tags: spammers switching tactics table painting spam comments Discuss  
Spammers' efforts to reach their prospective customers continue today with increased creativity and complexity in constructing and generating different arts, styles, images, and other elements trying to bypass anti-spam filters. We have been monitoring recent spammer tactics that use cleverly arranged tables in HTML for spamming purposes. It is interesting to observe how spammers improve their tactics every time by switching, combining, and tweaking or enhancing these tactics to send out mass mailings. The read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 47 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: botnet operators change tactics wake mccolo intercage isp shutdowns comments Discuss  
Botnet operators may change their tactics due to the shutdowns of ISP Intercage and Web hosting company McColo. Security researchers predict a shift to a more distributed botnet model and redundant command and control servers. - Between the shutdownof Web hosting company McColo Nov. 11 and the death of ISP Intercage, akaAtrivo, in September, we may be entering a new phase of Internet security onewhere every part of the Internet's ecosystem takes a more proactive role insecuring Web users. But attackers read more »
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