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Emails embedded with fake Britney Spears and Paris Hilton Google search links are part of a new spam botnet that leads users to malware hosted by the notorious Russian Business Network (RBN). A new wave of spam messages related to Angelina Jolie are spreading with the intention to trick users into downloading and installing malware. A 25-year-old Japanese man has been arrested in Tokyo for allegedly sending 2.2 billion spam messages advertising gambling and dating services under the guise of a fake identity, according to Japanese media reports. Spam accounted for 95 per cent of all email traffic in 2007 as spammers grew increasingly brazen and diverse in their attack strategies, according to anti-spam firm SpamStopsHere.

Pump-and-dump spam, which dominated inboxes in the first half of the year, has given way to image spam and messages pushing 'sexual enhancement' drugs, according to a report from security firm BitDefender. 94 percent of spam-advertised online scams are hosted on individual web
servers. There are other things more depressing than lacking a date for Valentine's Day. For starters, how about getting stung by a trojan disguised as an e-card celebrating the annual romantic holiday? Spam levels reached 97.02 percent in December 2007 and viruses accounted for 0.11 percent of email traffic, new monitoring data reveals.. Symantec today released its top ten security trends for 2007 listing data leakage, Windows Vista, and spam as the top three dominant security issues. Sophos is warning users of a tricky new spam message containing an MP3 file attachment of what is claimed to be a recording of the user’s personal phone conversations.
PDF spam, the most prevalent spam method currently used by hackers globally has decreased in numbers over the last two weeks, claims data security vendor BitDefender, but fellow security experts are disagreeing. Hackers are attempting to infect PCs with malware using a 'long-lost female school friend' to lure gullible internet users, a security vendor has warned. Spam — spearheaded by a Storm Worm-related spike in malicious e-card messages — has driven the level of junk messages to more than eight in 10 emails. Image spam numbers hit lowest recorded levels in 10 months, according to security experts. The percentage of new web sites harbouring malware and other potentially unwanted programs has increased by almost 50 per cent this month, according to the latest figures from security firm MessageLabs released today. SCAMwatch is warning Australians of a phony email claiming to be from RAC Finance Limited, part of the Western Australian Royal Automobile Club (RAC). Crafty spammers overnight launched a new wave of pump-and-dump scams, this time delivering junk mail that includes audio attachments encouraging recipients to buy a penny stock.
Share price scams fall out of favour with spammers. Consultancy firm, The Leading Edge called Proofpoint to restore its email when a Botnet attack took the company’s internet link down. Spam messages promoting Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul that were distributed in October have been traced to a Ukrainian botmaster.