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Spamming vendor launches managed spamming service

Spamming vendor launches managed spamming serviceGo into a little more detail on MX and Ptr...records being defined. There will have to be a domain registered pointing to a start of authority. DNS servers query for the SOA. Then proceed to the SOA to get the DNS records you are referring...

Tags: Spam, spamming, Spamming vendor launch, vendor launch, spamming service, e-mail server, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-09-14

Spamming vendor launches managed spamming service

A spamming vendor known as the SET-X Corporation, has recently launched the distributed SET-X Mail System, a sophisticated managed spamming service available for rent on a monthly basis starting from $2000, promising to achieve "spamming speed" of 5000 to 7000 emails per minute and over 1 million spam messages per...

Tags: Malware, Server, Bot, Spamming, Spamming Service, SET-X Mail System, MX, Spam, E-mail, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-09-13

Additional Resources

Eric Schmidt on whether Google is getting evil

I Am A Victim of EvilHere is evil to me.I cannot stop Google from spamming me...or at least one of their Google Groups.A while back I bought an Ubuntu mini 9 from Dell.It was great.I loved it.It got stolen by some druggos while I was using it at Westlake plaza...

Tags: E-mail, Spam, Eric Schmidt, Google Inc., Evil, Google Groups, motto

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Apple hints at possible pen-based tablet

Pretty much anything that includes the words "Apple" and "tablet" in the same sentence is going to get the attention of the blognoscenti, but when it comes from Apple itself, people pay attention. Exhibit A is 9 to 5 Mac's piece today about a patent...

Tags: Patent, Handwriting Recognition, Termination, Apple Inc., Ink Manager, Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-11-12

Intuit service shows how little patients count

OpportunityIf I wanted to make a lot of money spamming people, I'd just send out phony doctor bills.Nobody has any idea how many bills they are supposed to be getting, or how much they are supposed to be. One more for "lab fees" would probably get paid by a...

Tags: Insurance, Intuit Inc., patient, vet

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

Scareware scammers hijack Twitter trending topics

Researchers from F-Secure and Sophos are reporting on an ongoing scareware serving campaign abusing the popular micro-blogging service Twitter. Hundreds of tweets using four different URL shortening services are currently spammed through the automatically registered Twitter accounts, relying on a pseudo-random text generation using Twitter's trending topics....

Tags: Twitter Inc., Spamming, Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-23

'Anonymous' group attempts DDoS attack against Australian government

Anonymous has been know for years to be online terroristThe Anonymous group to me is a online terrorist organization, spamming, bullying, and hacking websites at any given time. Their acts are so random that it is hard to take many of their causes seriously. Sad to see...

Tags: SECURITY, Australian Government, distributed denial of service

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

'Anonymous' group attempts DDoS attack against Australian government

Following a threat posted on YouTube a month ago, the the well known malicious pattern of the "Anonymous group" failed to materialize earlier today when the group attempted to launch a distributed denial of service DDoS attack against the web sites of Australia's Prime Minister and the Australian Communications and...

Tags: Government, Crowdsourcing, Distributed Denial Of Service, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-09

Using social media to turn all staff into customer service reps

There is a strong trend among corporations to use social media to turn nearly every one of their employees into customer service reps and evangelists. Best Buy is an excellent example. It is using Twitter to answer technical queries and it even specifies a minimum of 250...

Tags: Job, Customer Service, Intuit Inc., Twitter Inc., Social Media, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-09-04

News to know: Snow Leopard; YouTube; VMWorld; Google Books

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Snow Leopard ships with vulnerable Flash Player Sam Diaz: Report: EC considering delay of Sun-Oracle over...

Tags: Google Inc., Andrew Nusca, YouTube Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Data Centers, Virtualization, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Storage, Data Management

Blog posts 2009-09-03

Does Twitter's malware link filter really work?

Today, researchers from F-Secure stumbled upon a long-anticipated feature in Twitter's fight against malicious abuse of its service - a malware URL filter preventing automatically registered or compromised legitimate accounts from tweeting known malicious links. Whenever a Twitter user is attempting to post a link to a...

Tags: Malware, Twitter, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-08-03

Spammers go multilingual, use automatic translation services

For years spammers relied on basic mass marketing concepts in an attempt to target everyone, everywhere, thereby sacrificing quality for quantity. Things changed, at least for some of them. Realizing the advantages of market segmentation, certain spammers started segmenting the databases of harvested or emails based on...

Tags: Spammer, Translation Service, Spam, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-07-28

NUMBERCOP Blocker US (Mobile)

GETTING SPAM CALLS? NUMBERCOP tracks thousands of Telemarketers and automatically blocks spam numbers before they bother you. With NUMBERCOP you can avoid phone scams, phishing calls and unwanted robo-calls, even if they have never called you before. The NUMBERCOP Phone Spam Blocker application manages a black list number database directly...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, Spamming, NUMBERCOP LLC, Spam Number, NUMBERCOP Phone Spam Blocker Application, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing

Software downloads 2009-06-25

How about a Microsoft Security Essentials for servers?

How about a Microsoft Security Essentials for servers?Leave that for the 3rd party providersMS is already treading on anti-trust thin ice with the release of this for the client. By not stepping into the enterprise market, MS allows all the current AV providers to charge for their enterprise features. So...

Tags: Servers, X-WINDOWS, server, Microsoft Corp., security, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

Microsoft study debunks profitability of the underground economy

Cybercrime, what cybercrime and millions of dollars in profits?! A newly released paper presented by Cormac Herley and Dinei Florencio at this year's  Workshop on the Economics of Information Security 2009 entitled "Nobody Sells Gold for the Price of Silver: Dishonesty, Uncertainty and the Underground Economy" debunks...

Tags: Web, Credit Card, Seller, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Cybercriminal, Economy, Cybercrime-as-a-Service, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Sales Channel, Viruses And Worms, Financial Services, Security, Sales, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-05

Email service provider: 'Hack into our CEO's email, win $10k'

A newly launched startup called StrongWebMail is aiming to add a new layer of secure authentication for its customers - phone verification prior to logging in and alert services for potential email compromises. The company is in fact so confident in its approach that it's currently offering...

Tags: Phone, Password, Spamming, Feature, Computer, CEO, Dancho, E-mail, Telecom & Utilities, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-02

Inside the botnets that never make the news - a gallery

If you ever wanted to take an inside view of targeted-botnets primarily run by novice cybercriminals sometimes utilizing outdated, but very effective methods - this ZDNet photo gallery is for you. It offers an inside view of those "beneath the radar" botnets that never make the news....

Tags: Spamming, Cybercriminal, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Spammers harvesting emails from Twitter - in real time

Spammers harvesting emails from Twitter - in real timePeople still get spam??I think Gmail has made spam irrelevant, but let's test it and see.brett@brettschulte.comhttp://twitter.com/brettschulte/status/1789431680Fools plaster private data on a public domain PERIOD!Only a fool puts private data, pictures on a public domain for the world to see and manipulate ANYWAY...

Tags: spammer, e-mail, Twitter, spam

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

Spammers harvesting emails from Twitter - in real time

Spammers are no strangers to the ever-growing Twitter. From commercial Twitter spamming tools, to re-tweeting trending topics for delivering their message, a new crafty search technique can provide spammers with fresh and valid emails harvested from Twitter's users in real-time. Basically, the search query consists of common...

Tags: Spammer, Twitter, E-mail, Spam, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Is Twitter finally taking security seriously?

Now that Oprah's all a twitter, it looks like everyone's favorite micro-blogging tool is finally taking a hard look at security. According to a job listing posted online, Twitter is searching for software engineers to focus specifically on application and infrastructure security. ...

Tags: Twitter, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-04-27