Excel spam may go viral
July 31st, 2007 by Batya | Category: Email Security |
McAfee security researcher Nick Kelly raised a concern on his blog that the recent rash of Excel spam could develop to include macro exploits. We did see a mini-macro comeback last year, so this is certainly a possibility, though I haven’t seen any samples yet.
PDF spam could also carry a potential malware threat as that format can include hyperlinks to malicious websites. This could be the next step in the convergence of malware and spam.
