[pchelpers] News:Spammers exploit email meeting invitations

New delivery method can bypass filters

Ian Williams, vnunet.com 27 Mar 2008


Spammers are using email meeting invitations to circumvent spam filters,
security experts have warned.

Trend Micro has tracked spam in numerous formats over the past 12
months, but this is the first time that the Google Calendar system has
been used as a mechanism.

Most spam filters are designed automatically to weed out attachment or
image spam, but are less likely to be set up to track this new delivery
mechanism.

More here:
http://www.pcmag.co.uk/vnunet/news/2212916/spammers-inviting-targets
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