“A whole host of canine-centric items, from dog nutrition tablets to dog-training handbooks, are being touted by the world’s spammers via email.”
Well, we do love our dogs.
More disturbingly, the latest survey shows that virus-laden e-cards are making a reappearance, far earlier than their traditional holiday surge.
And spammers remain as topical as ever, with a Michael Jackson-themed hoax tricking some users:
“Perhaps the sickest spam over the last month cashed in on the blanket media coverage of Michael Jackson’s trial. Entitled, ‘News from Neverland Ranch’, the mail claimed Jackson, since acquitted, had attempted suicide in advance of his trial. Clever social engineering meant that many email users, intrigued and shocked by the news, clicked on the weblink enclosed in the email and inadvertently downloaded a Trojan which secretly installed malicious software onto their PC.”
More news from the latest survey can be found here.
