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Spammers have taken advantage of an email service provided by popular video clip site YouTube, to send out spams pushing dating sites and offering video game prizes.
The 'Invite your friends' service available on the site allows users to email friends with information on YouTube's offerings, but has been exploited by spammers in an attempt to circumvent filters - all mails are sent from legitimate YouTube servers, with the from address '(e-mail address removed)'.
Details and screenshots of the technique, and the messages it was used to send, are here (at Marshall) or here (at Sophos).
09 October 2007
source: VB News
The 'Invite your friends' service available on the site allows users to email friends with information on YouTube's offerings, but has been exploited by spammers in an attempt to circumvent filters - all mails are sent from legitimate YouTube servers, with the from address '(e-mail address removed)'.
Details and screenshots of the technique, and the messages it was used to send, are here (at Marshall) or here (at Sophos).
09 October 2007
source: VB News