Google Docs Spam Makes a Comeback: Pharmaceuticals and Dating

November 30th, 2008 by Rebecca Herson | Category: Spam Favorites | 1 Comment »

I’ve written about the phenomenon of spammers hiding their content in Google Docs before, and we’re starting to see new outbreaks using this trick. Why should spammers bother to serve up their content on Google Docs, rather than use their own hosting locations? Well, we saw what happened when McColo was taken down, which demonstrates [...]

It’s Ba-ack… Image Spam Blast from the Past

November 16th, 2008 by Rebecca Herson | Category: Spam Favorites | Leave a comment »

Remember when image spam was something new and kind of cool? (that was early 2006 in case you forgot). Why did it nearly disappear? For one thing, the anti-spam filters got better at blocking it, so it wasn’t as profitable for the spammers. But it looks like the spammers haven’t given up completely, and this [...]