Spam stimulates stock trading

In the record of more than 5 billion e-mails uninvited on the Internet on June 20 (1 of the 10 biggest outbreaks earlier this year), 8% of messages carrying content promote a kind of evidence contract in Germany. Trading volume of this stock then increased by 20%.

According to cyber security firm IronPort, the technique is called "spam removal and stock subjugation," in which spammers send huge amounts of information to persuade readers to buy a kind of attempt. penny stock and then when many people rush to buy, the price naturally increases and these spammers will sell their shares to make a profit.

Spam offered to buy shares in Germany said above is designed quite smart with the use of PDF files to create a professional impression, attached to the e-mail so that the message looks like an announcement (newsletter) to invite investors.This is also the first time that IronPort has detected this type of fraud.Normally, spammers use "embedded" JPEG images in e-mail content to avoid detection of uninvited mail filtering tools.