oi Doug!! we are getting nailed with this apparently...
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ------------------------------------ Tuesday, August 19, 2003, 11:34:23 AM, you wrote: DW> According to the SANS and other lists that I participate in, there is a huge DW> increase taking place. Part of the reason is a ton of open proxy compromised DW> systems ended up getting either taken off-line or fixed due to the Mblaster DW> infection, and the spammers are scouring the entire net looking for vulnerable DW> systems with which to install proxies and spew the spam. It seems they are DW> finding a number of candidates, and WindowsXP seems to be the most vulnerable DW> system. DW> But in the past 7 days, my spam traps have seen a 50 fold increase in spam spew. DW> Mostly from open proxies in Brazil, China, Korea, and some in Japan. DW> ====================================== DW> Stop spam on your domain, use our gateway! DW> For hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com DW> ISP rated: http://www.forta.com/cf/isp/isp.cfm?isp_id=772 DW> ====================================== DW> If you are not satisfied with my service, my job isn't done! DW> ----- Original Message ----- DW> From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DW> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DW> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 10:07 AM DW> Subject: The tide is high DW> | I'm being deluged with spam at the moment. The lists have blocked over 100 in DW> | the last 20 minutes or so and my black hole account has done likewise. What DW> the DW> | hell is going on? Is it be nice to spammers day today? DW> | DW> | Michael Dinowitz DW> | Finding technical solutions to the problems you didn't know you had yet DW> | DW> | DW> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
