Spam TV: Coming soon to a popular Web 2.0 video site near you
Jan 25, 2015
Spam TV: Coming soon to a popular Web 2.0 video site near you
Web 1.0
In the beginning, we had email
Web 1.0
Then, we had unsolicited email.
Commonly known as spam
Web 2.0
In the beginning, we had sites where anybody could comment on anything, share anything, and upload anything to their heart’s desire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User-generated_content
Web 2.0
Then, came …
Web 2.0
Then, came …
Web 2.0
Then, came …
Spam 2.0
Now, in audio and video!
Websense ThreatSeeker Network detected this scouring the blogosphere for malicious content
Spam as a business: win/loss ratio
To land just 28 sales of various “male-enhancement” products, spammers had to send 350 million spam
See Univ. Calif. San Diego research for more info:
http://www.cs.ucsd.edu/~savage/papers/CCS08Conversion.pdf
Don’t be that 1 out of 28 who subjects 350 million others to spam!