Israeli security firm reports huge spike in PDF spam:
Israeli security firm Commtouch Software Ltd. is warning of a massive surge in Portable Document Format spam over the past 24 hours.
According to estimates by the company, about 10% to 15% of all spam over the past day or so has been in the form of PDF messages. “Given the fact that these messages are nearly four times bigger than standard spam messages, this increases overall global spam traffic by 30% to 40%,” said Rebecca Herson, senior director of marketing at the Israel-based company.
So far, the outbreak has involved 14 billion to 21 billion PDF unsolicited messages and shows no signs of slowing, Herson said. >
Lucky me, I must have been on the beta test list, since I’ve been getting this crap for over a week.
On the other hand, if I am on the spammers’ friendlies list, maybe there’s time for me to make a killing in Vision Airships before it goes from 1.9 cents a share to 2.8 cents a share.
I noticed a few of these coming in on my work email today. I’m not sure if they just started or if they have been coming in and I wasn’t paying that much attention until now.
Pay slightly more attention, and you, too, can be a computer security expert.