The next attack that we are going to discuss is called the mass mailer attack, or E-bomb. The name itself is clear; we are using the mailer to send numerous e-mails to a single target or multiple targets.
The mass mailer attack has two variations, which are given as follows:
E-mail attack on a single e-mail address
E-mail attack using a mass mailer
A mass mailer is commonly used to send a phishing page link to the e-mail ID of the target. The attacker needs to be aware of the e-mail harvester technique to be efficient in this attack. There is a useful Ruby script in Kali Linux named jigsaw, which can be very useful to perform an e-mail harvester attack .The script is located here:
kali@root :usr/bin/jigsaw
A mass mailer is also used to perform a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack through the creation of zombie "bots'' and by controlling the bots through the control center.
The steps required to perform a mass mailer attack are as follows:
Mass Mailer...