2008/7/25 Imri Zvik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Why do you think any system was hacked? > > It seems you do not understand how it works - they don't hack into any ISP > managed system. They don't need to. They either: > > 1. phish the username and password. > 2. get it from *your* computer using a trojan. > 3. try and guess easy passwords/usernames. > 4. actually *buy* an account, pretending to be your average Moshe from Hulon > customer. > > Spammers from abroad will mostly use methods 1 to 3. >
A very friendly and knowledgeable Frenchman from the Debian list just emailed me about an Israeli spammer that is sending him megabytes of spam everyday- in Hebrew! It appears that this is a case of (4) from your list. How do I determine the ISP from spam email headers? I'd like to call the ISP and complain with a voice, not an email. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
