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The first months of 2008 has seen spam levels rise with the economic situation and Olympics adding fuel to the fire. Some 250,000 computer users, who likely never knew their machines had been seeded with the notorious Storm Worm virus, received confirmation this week when a pop-up stock spam message appeared on their desktops. We've all heard about the recent rise in spam, and while I dislike spam as much as the next person, I recently received a spam message that got me quite excited. Anti-virus vendor Sophos has warned of a new image-based spam campaign offering end-users a cut-price edition of Microsoft's Vista. A fake update claiming to be from MSN Messenger contains a malicious Trojan. Spammers were more naughty than nice this past holiday season, according to Symantec’s monthly ‘State of Spam’ report. Spammers are finding new ways to bypass filters, but that doesn't mean you have to let them bombard your inbox. Rob Buckley reports In the last six months, image-based spam has pushed its way to the forefront of spam technique discussions. Image-based spam is not new, but it is now wreaking havoc on the effectiveness of many anti-spam products. Researchers from Marshal today reported a sharp increase in image spam, as well as new techniques used to slip the unwanted emails past filters. Australia has dropped to 32nd place in the quarterly list of spam producing countries, while the US remained in the number one position, security vendor Sophos reported yesterday. Hackers are taking advantage of image spam techniques and lusty minds to spread a new Trojan horse, experts at SophosLabs warned today. Security experts are perplexed over a new spamming technique in which victims receive emails that appear to be coming from themselves. The U.S. is still the world’s top spammer nation, according to a survey published today, but it is now close to losing that dubious distinction to China. Security analysts at Sophos have warned of a new trojan sent to colleges in North America and the United Kingdom disguised as a plea to help authorities locate an alleged campus rapist. Spammers are turning to the stock market in order to make money.