A Survey of Modern Spam Tools

Over the past 5 years, spam sending technology has improved dramatically. Static messages sent opportunistically through misconfigured hosts have evolved into dynamically generated, subtly obfuscated messages sent on a massive scale by special purpose malware. We present a survey of three generations of the most popular spam sending tools, focusing on how they have improved over time. The paper conclude with a case study of a modern spam campaign, showing how the spammer has used randomization to make their messages more difficult to detect by content filters.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: CEAS
• Authors: Henry Stern
• Keywords: CEAS 2008, Internet Technology, Modern Spam Campaign, Spam Sending Tools, Special Purpose Malware