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Spammers Abuse Open Redirect Vulnerability in CNN Subdomain

17
Feb
2014

Spammers are abusing an open redirect vulnerability in CNNs ads.cnn.com subdomain in an effort to advertise a shady work-at-home website.

Security expert Janne Ahlberg is the one who brought this new spam campaign to my attention. The spam messages are mostly sent via DMs from compromised accounts.

The spammers lure potential victims with messages that read something like Let your million dollar turns to reality, Work at home and multiply…

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