Comments on: Mobile spammers release DIY phone number harvesting tool

By: DIY Russian mobile number harvesting tool spotted in the wild | Webroot Threat Blog - Internet Security Threat Updates from Around the World

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:02:08 +0000

[...] this year we profiled a newly released mobile/phone number harvesting application, a common tool in the arsenal of mobile spammers, as well as vendors of mobile spam [...]

By: How mobile spammers verify the validity of harvested phone numbers – part two | Webroot Threat Blog - Internet Security Threat Updates from Around the World

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:02:00 +0000

[...] It’s outsourcing to a vendor of managed SMS spam services, which would result in a higher quality standard applied to the campaign, as well as a cost-effective alternative for the them to take advantage of due to the achieved [...]

By: Mobile Phone Number Harvester Fuels SMS Spam | Threatpost

Mobile Phone Number Harvester Fuels SMS Spam | Threatpost — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 04:28:59 +0000

[...] The latest version of a phone number harvesting tool offers its users the ability to trawl the public web and collect mobile phone numbers indexed on sites that ask visitors for them, according to a Webroot report. [...]

By: Segmented Russian “spam leads” offered for sale | Webroot Threat Blog - Internet Security Threat Updates from Around the World

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:00:40 +0000

[...] Consider going through the following posts to get the “big picture” on how the spam ecosystem really works - Millions of harvested emails offered for sale; Millions of harvested U.S government and U.S military email addresses offered for sale; New DIY email harvester released in the wild; A peek inside a managed spam service; Mobile spammers release DIY phone number harvesting tool [...]

By: How mobile spammers verify the validity of harvested phone numbers | Webroot Threat Blog - Internet Security Threat Updates from Around the World

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:55:30 +0000

[...] a mobile spammer who’s automatically and efficiently verifying the validity of a recently harvested database of mobile numbers, with QA (Quality Assurance) in mind. These verified databases will be later on used as the [...]

By: Phone Number Grabber Blows New Life in SMS Spammers | HOTforSecurity

Phone Number Grabber Blows New Life in SMS Spammers | HOTforSecurity — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:47:10 +0000

[...] a slow death, cyber-criminals are moving to more targeted and personal communication. According to a report by security company Webroot, a new phone number harvester is being advertised these days on the [...]

By: Spammers unleash DIY phone number slurping web tool | Technophile

Spammers unleash DIY phone number slurping web tool | Technophile — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:44:00 +0000

[...] “Cybercriminals and spammers are not strangers to the concept of market segmentation,” explained Dancho Danchev, a security researcher at Webroot, in a blog post. [...]

By: ste williams » Spammers unleash DIY phone number slurping web tool

ste williams » Spammers unleash DIY phone number slurping web tool — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:42:59 +0000

[...] “Cybercriminals and spammers are not strangers to the concept of market segmentation,” explained Dancho Danchev, a security researcher at Webroot, in a blog post. [...]

By: Mobile Phone Number Harvester Fuels SMS Spam | infosec360

Mobile Phone Number Harvester Fuels SMS Spam | infosec360 — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 02:29:35 +0000

By: Mobile spammers releases phone no harvesting tool | Technology news

Mobile spammers releases phone no harvesting tool | Technology news — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:43:14 +0000

[...] Webroot has found a recently released DIY phone number harvesting tool. So anyone can set its own rule and [...]