When SpaMP3 hit the airwaves, some experts recommended blocking MP3 attachments, for example Sophos, and even SC Magazine. A spokesperson for GFI was quoted as saying “How many companies do you know that use MP3 files for business use?”
I agree, MP3 isn’t the most broadly used file-type in most businesses, however there are some businesses [...]
Way back in March, CTO Amir Lev was quoted in a SearchSecurity article as saying that audio spam shouldn’t be too far away. We even went so far as to create some samples in our labs (no, we didn’t give them to any spammers :). And finally, as of late last night, the spammers have [...]
Image spam tricks spam filters, clogs networks
By Sue Hildreth, contributor
15 Mar 2007 | SearchSecurity.com
”A picture is worth a thousand words,” goes the old saying. What is true in art and journalism is proving equally apt in the more modern field of spam. As the recent surge in image-based spam shows, pictures can be a very [...]
