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E-mail scam taps antiterrorist push, says FDIC

E-mail scam taps antiterrorist push, says FDICI'm not surprised.....I've recieved e-mails like that from PayPal, Ebay and many, many other places [including banks & other institutions I've never heard of]What gets me is that people fall for it.If I get something like that, first thing: Is it from...

Tags: APNIC, e-mail, Microsoft Corp., Whois, FDIC

Discussion threads 2004-01-23

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Tags: Perl, Detection, Credit Card, Scripting Languages, Sales Channel, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Financial Services, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Sales, Software Development, Security

Software downloads 2008-02-06

Technology Shakedown #9: Why AOL, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo are to blame for spam

Technology Shakedown #9: Why AOL, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo are to blame for spamThis is why challenge response systems are growing in popularityi hate them.. cause i have to respond.. but they cut spam by 80%Graylisting is another useful technology.. The biggest drawbacks of both.. delayed email.I agree an...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., spam, Google Inc., Mozilla Thunderbird, America Online Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-10-05

The perpetual malware distribution site lives on

The perpetual malware distribution site lives onPossible connections to a known malware host?I noticed the whois info you provided shows several refernces to "RIPE." I'm thinking this might be ripe.net, whom I've had problems with malware before.They (ripe.net) claim they are not hackers/spammers and implicate sunset.de for the problems....

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, IP, malware, RIPE NCC, RIPE, IP address

Discussion threads 2006-06-24

Between phishers and the deep blue sea

Between phishers and the deep blue seaIt's UselessThe fact that these attacks originate overseas makes it practically useless to report any I receive to the FBI, etc. Just last week I was able to trace 1 such attack from the Netherlands (there were two, actually)and another from good ol'...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, SECURITY, phishing, deep blue sea, blue sea

Discussion threads 2005-07-18

FTC eyes network operators in spam battle

FTC eyes network operators in spam battleAnd while you are at itI wish someone would shutdown all the infected Windows desktop machines that are being used to relay spam. Notifying ISPs which of their cable modem customers are spewing thousands of messages does no good at all.How about rthey...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Spam, Cyberthreats, Cable, network, FTC, Internet Service Provider

Discussion threads 2004-01-29

FTC proposes adult spam labels

FTC proposes adult spam labelsamenand as kids have email too, the penalties should be high, prision time 10+ yearsLOL... yeah, right.Spammers haven't complied with any of the other provisions of the law, so why do they think they will comply with this one???And I'm positive all the Spammers in the...

Tags: Spam, rooster, spammer, FTC

Discussion threads 2004-01-28

Congress OKs antispam legislation

Congress OKs antispam legislationwhere do i sign upi want on the opt out list, remember it was spammers themselves that requested 'opt'g out' vs 'opt'g in'so lets get the national list started alreadyI know, this really wont be that good a deal, but we can dream can't weMove over Murk.....Here...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Taxes, Free trade, E-mail, Viruses and worms, anti-spam, spam, U.S. Congress, tax

Discussion threads 2003-12-08

Senate approves antispam bill

Senate approves antispam billWaiting on the House...to get off their fat-arses and pass the legislation, resolve the differences with the Senate bill and get this puppy signed!I'm sure the overseas spammers are scared......This smells like a "Look what I did for you poor gits!! Now re-elect me!!!" gimmick.It's not...

Tags: Cyberthreats, DMA, spam, spammer, U.S. Senate, anti-spam

Discussion threads 2003-10-23