The spectre of parasitic spam

With the increasing use of bot networks by spammers, Nick FitzGerald pointed out recently that all bets were off with respect to what the spammer might do and therefore how effective anti-spam measures like authentication might be. In particular, one type of spam that we haven't seen before might now be on the horizon.

In the following article we will explore this new type of spam - 'parasitic spam' (or P-spam for short), and look at the consequences.