PDF Spam going to replace Image Spam?
As many may know PDF spam seems to be taking the place of image spam in the last few weeks. Increased amounts of email containing an attached PDF are tricking end-users into opening the message and attachment.
I was recently asked by Cara Garretson of Network World to comment on the changed landscape and she wrote a nice article titled “Image spam declining, PDF spam set to take its place”
“Simply attaching a PDF to an e-mail and randomizing the size and name of the title, to me, does not seem all that impressive, but it seems to be working,” says Kyle Ohme, director of technology with W3i.com, an interactive marketing services provider.
“I’m interested to see how far this will go, as some may start to use some of the more advanced functions of Adobe to place beacons and other tracking mechanisms that have become limited in the past years,” Ohme says.
The link to her article can be found here: InfoWorld
