Spammers Establish Fake URL-Shortening Services 99
Orome1 writes "Spammers are establishing their own fake URL-shortening services to perform URL redirection, according to Symantec. This new spamming activity has contributed to this month's increase in spam by 2.9 percentage points, a rise that was also expected following the Rustock botnet takedown in March. Under this scheme, shortened links created on these fake URL-shortening sites are not included directly in spam messages. Instead, the spam emails contain shortened URLs created on legitimate URL-shortening sites. These shortened URLs lead to a shortened-URL on the spammer's fake URL-shortening Web site, which in turn redirects to the spammer's own Web site."
TinyURL (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Good news, no? (Score:4, Informative)
Or am I missing something?
What we're all missing is the list of these fake URL-shortening sites. Neither the article or the full PDF listed them.