FTP Cracking to Perpetuate Malware via Spam

Submitted by rernst on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 1:45pm

This article on spamhaus details how spammers are using cracked FTP accounts to spread malware in spam. FTP cracking is hardly new, but the article gives some excellent reasons to switch away from plain FTP.

It also illustrates an interesting -- and slightly scary -- convergence of technology to further spammers' aims.

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