Calm before the storm?
Things have been eerily quiet on the malware front this weekend. Perhaps the malware authors are taking a time out, shopping for computer parts or something. Or is there some nefarious scheming afoot in order to unleash misery on the innocents at some distinct future date?
Meanwhile, the malware authors’ bosom buddies, the spammers, have obviously decided to defer their “holiday” because the spam has been coming in thick and fast. The spam messages that have been seen are the same old viagra, phishing and stock campaigns with some porn thrown in. Nothing to spa … er … write home about.
In any case my advice is to keep your eyes peeled. The criminals may need to replenish their post-holiday finances and we shall all be the target of insidious activity. On the other hand, it may well turn out to be storm in a tea cup.
Posted on May 27th, 2007 by SKM, SophosLabs UKFiled under: General
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