Spammers switching on to YouTube? / Silicon.com, 30 October 2007
http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39168992,00.htm?r=1
Tom Espiner
"Video spam and PowerPoint slides next on the menu, warns MessageLabs.
Email security company MessageLabs has warned that spammers are already modifying their tactics when it comes to the emerging trend of using audio rather than text attachments in unsolicited mail. MessageLabs has claimed that following the first spam campaign involving audio files earlier this month, which attempted to control the value of stock for "nefarious reasons", spammers are now moving on from simply attaching audio to mail to linking through to content hosted on multimedia sites such as YouTube."