Autoresponder Spam

December 31st, 2007 by Rebecca Herson | Category: Spam Favorites | Leave a comment »

It was just a matter of time before spammers tried to disguise their messages as legitimate “autoresponders” in order to bypass anti-spam engines. Most email servers deliver autoresponders to their recipients since this is one way to keep track if the message you originally sent was received by the intended recipient. If your recipient is [...]

Pornographic Image Spam

September 24th, 2007 by Rebecca Herson | Category: Spam Favorites | Leave a comment »

Image spam on the whole is on the decline, and stock pump-and-dump has all but disappeared. But image spam hasn’t been eliminated altogether. Lately our spam detection center has seen a significant increase in pornographic image spam (the URLs are part of the picture), as well as “cut” image spam. The cut images appear to [...]