After the GMail service interruption, Google now suffers another security risk. Google Talk users are subject of a phishing scheme to get them to give up their user information.
The scam includes to lure tha Google Talk users, Google’s instant messaging system, to the web site ViddyHo with messages containing “Hey check out this video” by clicking on a link via the [...]
Google Talk users subject of phishing scheme
A solution for the spoofed URLs from Google and DoubleClick
According to CNet, Google will tackle two serious issues. A cross-site scripting issue on the login page of the communication platform Grand Central but more important, well if you receive this type of spam, is the URL spoofing technique that spammers use.
On this blog I have posted, in May, an article about that also DoublClick URLs are being used [...]
Double Click ad links used in URLs
“Let’s try something new” said one spammer to the other. “I have enough of these Google PageAd links in our spam. I’m going to integrate Double Click this time.”
And yes, we intercept more URLs these days like http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=*******http://***.com/redir.html to avoid potential filters and lure drugs bying surfers to the European Pharmany.
The other spammer used Double [...]
Security flaw in Gmail can turn server in a spam machine
INSERT, the Information Security Research Team, has created a proof of concept that exploits Google’s SMTP service bypassing Google’s 500-address bulk e-mail limit and identity fraud protections.
This vulnerability enables an attacker to bypass blacklist/whitelist based email filters and freely forge all fields in an email message by having Google’s SMTP servers tricked into functioning as open SMTP [...]
Google spam backscatter
If you have received a “Your mail could not be delivered” bounce notification, a “Your mail contained a virus” notice, or a request to confirm your signup request for a mailing list you’ve never heard of, you’ve probably received backscatter. There is also spam backscatter when spammers use your domain in their activities.
Some time ago, [...]
Blogspot used a lot by spammers
Last year, the Microsoft Research study showed that Blogspot, the popular Blogger platform from Google, was one of the top doorway domains for spam. 75% where used as “splogs”, so called re-directs to spam sites.During the last few weeks, MX Lab is seeing new blogspot domains every day and the spam where a Blogspot domain [...]
