Health: New Spam Concern?

Now the elderly and/or ill have another concern: spam. According to the latest information from Symantec’s MessageLabs, health information websites have been targeted by short URL spam.

Short URL spam is one of the new, and now leading, concerns for spam. The fact that short URL spammers are targeting health sites is a double edged sword: not only are those concerned with health at risk of being tricked but legitimate health sites’ reputations could be harmed.

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