Spammers Get Innovative, Use Top Media Names to Fool Users
Spam emails have always known to be a pain, what with phishing attacks and identity thefts on the increase, we have talked about innovative ways in which spammers can fool you. If you are not sure about protecting yourself on the Internet, read our extensive guide on protecting yourself from Internet threats.
In the latest spam attack, spammers are using well know media names to fool the users, many users have begun complaining of receiving emails with subjects such as MSNBC Breaking NewsCNN.com Daily Top 10CNN Alerts: My Custom Alertsand so on.
We advice users to delete such emails, without opening them as there are reports of trojan attacks after clicking on the links in the email.
Author: Keith Dsouza
I am the editor-in-chief and owner of Techie Buzz. I love coding and have contributed to several open source projects in the past. You can know more about me and my projects by visiting my Personal Website.I am also a social networking enthusiast and can be found active on twitter, you can follow Keith on twitter @keithdsouza. You can click on my name to visit my Google+ profile.Keith Dsouza has written 4378 articles for us.
The author of this post can be contacted at keith@techie-buzz.comComment Using Facebook
2 Responses to this Article | Share your Opinions/Comments
We moderate comments to prevent spam. Moderation is done within few hours. Please try and stay on topic and refrain from using abusive language. If you think there is a problem with this post, please email the post author or send us an email at tips@techie-buzz.com with the URL and the problem you see and we will rectify it as soon as we can.
Thumbs up to Gmail. I’ve been getting “MSNBC breaking news” spam for over a week now and have yet to see one in my inbox :)
@Robert I agree with you, Gmail’s spam filter is probably one of the best ever