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Blue Security attack linked to blog crashes

Blue Security attack linked to blog crashesBlue Security attack linked to blog crashesThey were only blogs, its not like they were missed while the site was down.Blue Security....a good thing!I am so sick of all the spam I get, even my ISP and Norton on my computer doesn't trap it...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, blog, BlueSecurity, Blue Security, e-mail

Discussion threads 2006-05-04

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Botnet assault: Spammers launch DDoS offensive

The spammers behind last year's destruction of Blue Security are back with a vengeance, using a variant of the 'Storm Worm' malware to launch a sustained distributed denial-of-service attack against three anti-spam services.The ongoing attacks, which use botnets of hijacked Windows computers, successfully shut down the Web servers that power...

Tags: Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Privacy, Pen testing, Passwords, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets

Blog posts 2007-06-11

Barrett Lyon: Internet Influencer

The first thing Barrett Lyon will tell you when he gets on stage is his age. At a youthful 27 years old he is rapidly becoming one of the most influential technologists of the day. He is founder of Prolexic Technologies, an Internet hosting service that defended dozens...

Tags: Barrett Lyon, Prolexic Technologies

Blog posts 2006-06-26

Online extortion battle takes a mortal hit

The battle against online extortion took a mortal hit today as Blue Security Inc. announced they are closing up shop. Blue Security had attempted to battle online extortion and spam by bombarding spammers with email from all 522,000 of its clients. As the Washington Post tells the story:...

Tags: extortion, spammer, Blue Security

Blog posts 2006-05-17

Antispam list gets spammed

Antispam list gets spammedlol at different reports and biasGo check on http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/05/03/bluesecurity_spammers_hitback/ for a different article on the same subject. While ZDNet says:Spammers are feeling the pressureTG Daily says:Spammers are hitting backbias?lol at different reports and biasGo check on http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/05/03/bluesecurity_spammers_hitback/ for a different article on the same subject. ...

Tags: Cyberthreats, SECURITY, spammer, Blue Security, spam, anti-spam

Discussion threads 2006-05-04

EFF's sender pay email debate ends in draw

EFF's sender pay email debate ends in drawsender mailone of two things will happen:1) Users get wise to the fact that goodmail simply = spam and start ignoring it, forcing the scheme to end.2) People leave AOL for a 'real' ISP, not some walled-in-garden system with proprietary protocols/censorship etc...Since Option...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Cyber-Crime, spam, advertisement, e-mail, Cashette

Discussion threads 2006-04-22

Three indicted in major spam case

Three indicted in major spam caseThere's a Top 200 list?So why haven't the other 196 been indicted yet?Chorus: 99 spammers of junk on the wall 99 spammers of junkTake one down pass it around 98 spammers of junk on the wall.Works for me.;)Anyone Seen The Red Vs Blue Skit On...

Tags: Spam, spammer

Discussion threads 2005-08-26