Re: [U2] Mailing List Hacked
On 19/04/11 20:34, u2list0...@curt.com wrote: > Having read and seen what people have said I understand now. > My apologies to the group. > I had no idea our actual email addresses showed up on Google searches. > No wonder this happened. > Yet another common technique is - if a machine is hijacked, the spam engine will send mail to most addresses in the address book, claiming to be from yet another address in the book. I run thunderbird. If my machine got hijacked, the spam engine could find your u2 address in my address book, and send a load of mail claiming to be from you. Not that likely, actually, to result in what you describe but the law of averages says its bound to happen on occasion. Cheers, Wol ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Mailing List Hacked
It could be useful if the listserver had an option to surpress the email addresses of the sender. This way, a poster's email couldn't be harvested. Mailing lists managed by Yahoogroups do this. - Original Message From: "u2list0...@curt.com" To: U2 Users List Sent: Tue, April 19, 2011 3:34:44 PM Subject: Re: [U2] Mailing List Hacked Having read and seen what people have said I understand now. My apologies to the group. I had no idea our actual email addresses showed up on Google searches. No wonder this happened. At 4/19/2011 01:11 PM, you wrote: >To my knowledge, the list hasn't been hacked, nor has anyone subscribed and >sent phishing attempts through the list. It is being mirrored/archived via >Nabble and a couple of others, I believe, which may be the source of the >email harvesting. > >Larry Hiscock >Moderator > > >-Original Message- >From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org >[mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Robert Porter >Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 5:28 AM >To: U2 Users List >Subject: Re: [U2] Mailing List Hacked > >I was about to mention that... his email address appears in 3+ dozen pages >in google. So unless there's some other evidence, I'm not worrying about the >list being hacked. > >Robert > > > >>> George Gallen 4/19/2011 7:26 AM >>> >not to mention that the list is on search engines as well > > > -Original Message- > > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Butera > > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 7:27 AM > > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > Subject: Re: [U2] Mailing List Hacked > > > > On 04/19/2011 07:22 AM, u2list0...@curt.com wrote: > > > I just received a phishing attack addressed to my U2 Mailing list > > > email address. > > > > That doesn't mean the list was "hacked" (eg: found a way to scrape > > addresses from the outside). Anyone can join the list, harvest email > > from it and then use it for bad things. I've seen this before on other > > high-traffic lists I'm on. > > > > > > -- > > Jeffrey Butera > > Manager of ERP Systems > > Hampshire College > > 413-559-5556 > > > > ___ > > U2-Users mailing list > > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users >___ >U2-Users mailing list >U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org >http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users >___ >U2-Users mailing list >U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org >http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > >___ >U2-Users mailing list >U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org >http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users Curt Lashley 2803 North Boulevard Tampa, FL 33602 Cell: (813) 293-2878 or (800) 886-2878 Home: (813) 226-2878 or (800) 524-2878 Fax: (813) 229-2878 ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Mailing List Hacked
Having read and seen what people have said I understand now. My apologies to the group. I had no idea our actual email addresses showed up on Google searches. No wonder this happened. At 4/19/2011 01:11 PM, you wrote: To my knowledge, the list hasn't been hacked, nor has anyone subscribed and sent phishing attempts through the list. It is being mirrored/archived via Nabble and a couple of others, I believe, which may be the source of the email harvesting. Larry Hiscock Moderator -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Robert Porter Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 5:28 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Mailing List Hacked I was about to mention that... his email address appears in 3+ dozen pages in google. So unless there's some other evidence, I'm not worrying about the list being hacked. Robert >>> George Gallen 4/19/2011 7:26 AM >>> not to mention that the list is on search engines as well > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Butera > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 7:27 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] Mailing List Hacked > > On 04/19/2011 07:22 AM, u2list0...@curt.com wrote: > > I just received a phishing attack addressed to my U2 Mailing list > > email address. > > That doesn't mean the list was "hacked" (eg: found a way to scrape > addresses from the outside). Anyone can join the list, harvest email > from it and then use it for bad things. I've seen this before on other > high-traffic lists I'm on. > > > -- > Jeffrey Butera > Manager of ERP Systems > Hampshire College > 413-559-5556 > > ___ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users Curt Lashley 2803 North Boulevard Tampa, FL 33602 Cell: (813) 293-2878 or (800) 886-2878 Home: (813) 226-2878 or (800) 524-2878 Fax: (813) 229-2878 ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Mailing List Hacked
Thanks for that clarification Larry, and thanks for all you do for U2UG! Laura Hirsh -Original Message- From: "Larry Hiscock" [lar...@wcs-corp.com] Date: 04/19/2011 01:11 PM To: "'U2 Users List'" Subject: Re: [U2] Mailing List Hacked To my knowledge, the list hasn't been hacked, nor has anyone subscribed and sent phishing attempts through the list. It is being mirrored/archived via Nabble and a couple of others, I believe, which may be the source of the email harvesting. Larry Hiscock Moderator -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Robert Porter Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 5:28 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Mailing List Hacked I was about to mention that... his email address appears in 3+ dozen pages in google. So unless there's some other evidence, I'm not worrying about the list being hacked. Robert >>> George Gallen ; 4/19/2011 7:26 AM >>> not to mention that the list is on search engines as well > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Butera > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 7:27 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] Mailing List Hacked > > On 04/19/2011 07:22 AM, u2list0...@curt.com wrote: > > I just received a phishing attack addressed to my U2 Mailing list > > email address. > > That doesn't mean the list was "hacked" (eg: found a way to scrape > addresses from the outside). Anyone can join the list, harvest email > from it and then use it for bad things. I've seen this before on other > high-traffic lists I'm on. > > > -- > Jeffrey Butera > Manager of ERP Systems > Hampshire College > 413-559-5556 > > ___ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Mailing List Hacked
To my knowledge, the list hasn't been hacked, nor has anyone subscribed and sent phishing attempts through the list. It is being mirrored/archived via Nabble and a couple of others, I believe, which may be the source of the email harvesting. Larry Hiscock Moderator -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Robert Porter Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 5:28 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Mailing List Hacked I was about to mention that... his email address appears in 3+ dozen pages in google. So unless there's some other evidence, I'm not worrying about the list being hacked. Robert >>> George Gallen 4/19/2011 7:26 AM >>> not to mention that the list is on search engines as well > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Butera > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 7:27 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] Mailing List Hacked > > On 04/19/2011 07:22 AM, u2list0...@curt.com wrote: > > I just received a phishing attack addressed to my U2 Mailing list > > email address. > > That doesn't mean the list was "hacked" (eg: found a way to scrape > addresses from the outside). Anyone can join the list, harvest email > from it and then use it for bad things. I've seen this before on other > high-traffic lists I'm on. > > > -- > Jeffrey Butera > Manager of ERP Systems > Hampshire College > 413-559-5556 > > ___ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Mailing List Hacked
I was about to mention that... his email address appears in 3+ dozen pages in google. So unless there's some other evidence, I'm not worrying about the list being hacked. Robert >>> George Gallen 4/19/2011 7:26 AM >>> not to mention that the list is on search engines as well > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Butera > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 7:27 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] Mailing List Hacked > > On 04/19/2011 07:22 AM, u2list0...@curt.com wrote: > > I just received a phishing attack addressed to my U2 Mailing list > > email address. > > That doesn't mean the list was "hacked" (eg: found a way to scrape > addresses from the outside). Anyone can join the list, harvest email > from it and then use it for bad things. I've seen this before on other > high-traffic lists I'm on. > > > -- > Jeffrey Butera > Manager of ERP Systems > Hampshire College > 413-559-5556 > > ___ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Mailing List Hacked
not to mention that the list is on search engines as well > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Butera > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 7:27 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] Mailing List Hacked > > On 04/19/2011 07:22 AM, u2list0...@curt.com wrote: > > I just received a phishing attack addressed to my U2 Mailing list > > email address. > > That doesn't mean the list was "hacked" (eg: found a way to scrape > addresses from the outside). Anyone can join the list, harvest email > from it and then use it for bad things. I've seen this before on other > high-traffic lists I'm on. > > > -- > Jeffrey Butera > Manager of ERP Systems > Hampshire College > 413-559-5556 > > ___ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Mailing List Hacked
On 04/19/2011 07:22 AM, u2list0...@curt.com wrote: I just received a phishing attack addressed to my U2 Mailing list email address. That doesn't mean the list was "hacked" (eg: found a way to scrape addresses from the outside). Anyone can join the list, harvest email from it and then use it for bad things. I've seen this before on other high-traffic lists I'm on. -- Jeffrey Butera Manager of ERP Systems Hampshire College 413-559-5556 ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
