Mal-spam (or perhaps malspam) describes all forms of malicious spam sent with malicious intent. Mal-spam includes: phishing, spear-phishing, whaling, baiting, pretexting, among others.
- Payloads can include: Malicious attachments, links to malicious web pages, enticements to perform transactions, ransomware, key loggers, etc.
- Bad things that can happen: man-in-the-middle attacks (woman-in-the-middle attacks too), network compromise, zombie botnets, insertion of zero-day exploits, viruses, trojan horses, rootkits, backdoors, job scams and other scams and code with malicious intent.
- Mal-spam can be hard to spot due to: Sender address spoofing, content that replicates legitimate senders, etc.
- Payloads can include: Malicious attachments, links to malicious web pages, enticements to perform transactions, ransomware, key loggers, etc.
- Bad things that can happen: man-in-the-middle attacks (woman-in-the-middle attacks too), network compromise, zombie botnets, insertion of zero-day exploits, viruses, trojan horses, rootkits, backdoors, job scams and other scams and code with malicious intent.
- Mal-spam can be hard to spot due to: Sender address spoofing, content that replicates legitimate senders, etc.
Be especially careful to avoid mal-spam, it can really mess up your day. Better off to just delete it. Certainly don't click any links or open attachments.
by PooderHound January 30, 2019
Get the mal-spammug. A person that gains confidence behind their PC or Cellphone and says things they would normally not say face to face in the real world.
This Internet Troll is talking mad spicey from the comfort of his own home. I guess he grew Spam Balls overnight.
by msscream1234 May 7, 2018
Get the Spam Ballsmug. by langer03 November 9, 2018
Get the Spam boxmug. A whining knobhead who joins an internet discussion forum and then whines about how vindictive the moderators are.
by MiddleAgedDirtBag February 8, 2008
Get the spam channelmug. by dx330 December 30, 2008
Get the Bulletin Spammug. Joe (calling John): Hey bro I'm in a fight, can you spam D for me and send?
John: Yeah sure, spamming D and sending.
John: Yeah sure, spamming D and sending.
by yeetfish8 January 13, 2022
Get the Spam Dmug. Random and obnoxious emails advertising penis enlargements that begin showing up in your inbox after visiting a porn site you knew you shouldn't have. Hard to filter because they were sent from an absurd address from a country with an abbreviation you never heard of before. Require awkward explanations to anyone looking over your shoulder while you check your email.
Girlfriend: What's that email about?
Guy: uh, just some stupid cock spam that I keep getting after I downloaded this thing for a project at work.
Guy: uh, just some stupid cock spam that I keep getting after I downloaded this thing for a project at work.
by Cashbar May 13, 2015
Get the cock spammug.