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Stories about: URL shortner abuse

Rate of Email Spam Containing Shortened URLs Rises Security researchers from MessageLabs, Symantec's email security arm, warn that spammers are increasingly using shortened URLs in their campaigns. Compared to the first half of 2009 when one in 1,769 spam emails contained a shortened URL, the ratio for H1 2010, was of one in 76. The trend is expected to continue... 30 July 2010 10:23 GMT