SpamvertizedURL

A URL embedded as an HTML hyperlink (also known as an HTML anchor tag) within spam which navigates to a web page that contains advertizing content.


A bit different;

A URI / URL embedded into a spam e-mail. It may be included in clear text or it may be buried behind HTML encoding, such that with insecure handling of e-mail, one URI may be displayed but the actual URL takes one to a different web-page entirely.

Examples:

• Including a stock ticker/performance chart on a Yahoo business page ... Yahoo would be an Innocent Bystander.
• Displaying a 'clickable link' to PayPal but having the HTML encoded to actually send one's brower to the ScumSuckers web-site, which probably "looks" just like the PayPal web-page being spoofed.

See also:
Innocent Bystander
Phishing

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