Spammers Find New Ways To Slip Through
Spammers are finding more creative ways to spam you. Last month, image spam was all the rage. This month, it is PDF attachments, Zip files and even Excel files.
Spammers are finding more creative ways to spam you. Last month, image spam was all the rage. This month, it is PDF attachments, Zip files and even Excel files.
But spam in PDFs, non-existent in May, now accounts for 8% of unsolicited commercial e-mail. Last week, a PDF promoting a pump-and-dump scam contributed to a 30% increase in overall spam. It was sent from compromised PCs turned into spam-spreading bots, security firm Sophos says.
