Spim, splog on the rise

Spammers target new modes of communication. It always was and always will.

In Spim, splog on the rise "Spim" (instant-message spam) and "splog" (blog spam) are on the rise as spammers aim to "bypass e-mail-based antispam measures and more effectively target recipients based on their age, location and other characteristics," according to mail services company MessageLabs.

Spammers have also been able to take advantage of their ability to profile people on social-networking sites, said MessageLabs CTO Mark Sunner.