Spam messages are becoming 'more malicious'
'Spam messages are becoming more and more malicious - either linking to websites designed to infect your computer with a Trojan horse, or aiming to phish your credentials - for instance, your banking login details,' he explained.
The Srizbi botnet, which has been making bigger waves these days than the fizzling Storm botnet, is the main driver of this malware-laden spam, according to Marshal, which says malicious spam traffic tripled within just one week.