Spammers Abusing Trust in US .Gov Domains
Spammers are abusing U.S. dot-gov (.gov) link shorteners and ill-advised features on state government domains to promote spammy sites that are hidden behind short links ending in”usa.gov”.
Spammers are abusing U.S. dot-gov (.gov) link shorteners and ill-advised features on state government domains to promote spammy sites that are hidden behind short links ending in”usa.gov”.
Hardly a week goes by when I don’t hear from some malware researcher or reader who’s discovered what appears to be a new sample of malicious software or nasty link that invokes this author’s name or the name of this blog. I’ve compiled this post to document a few of these examples, some of which are quite funny.
I recently returned from San Francisco, which last week hosted the annual RSA Security conference. I had the pleasure of moderating a panel discussion on Raising the Costs of Compromise with some very smart guys, and also shared a stage with several security authors who were recognized for their contributions to infosec media.