A new spam technique

On Monday, Commtouch discovered an interesting spammer technique. This new approach sends an email that includes a link to a Flash file, not to an HTML page that includes an embedded Flash file. The .SWF file is hosted on a free image hosting site and, when clicked, simply redirects victims to a Canadian pharmacy spammer site.

More information is available on Rebecca Herson's blog at:

http://blog.commtouch.com/cafe/spam-favorites/flash-in-the-spam/