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Zombie PCs phish, spam, harass on the
sly

Zombie PCs phish, spam, harass on the
sly 09/09/2004 07:05 AM
USA Today Sep 9 2004 11:36AM GMT

Zombie PCs phish, spam, harass

Zombie PCs phish, spam, harass 09/10/2004 01:44 AM
Usatoday.com - Thu Sep 9, 08:52 pm GMT

New zombie spam technique may send spam
levels through the roof

New zombie spam technique may send spam
levels through the roof 02/05/2005 09:36 PM
Warnings abound about a change in tactics on the part of zombie PC network operators. As a result, spam levels could rise to nearly 95% of all e-mails sent.

Going price for network of zombie PCs:
$2,000-$3,000 (USATODAY.com)

Going price for network of zombie PCs:
$2,000-$3,000 (USATODAY.com) 09/08/2004 07:08 AM
USATODAY.com - In the calculus of Internet crime, two of the most sought-after commodities are zombie PCs and valid e-mail addresses.

Zombie PCs spew out 80% of spam

Zombie PCs spew out 80% of spam 06/04/2004 08:38 AM
Migmaf, SoBig et al power junk mail tsunami

Zombie PCs.... not just for mail spam
any more

Zombie PCs.... not just for mail spam
any more 06/14/2004 07:39 PM
Nope, looks like they're used for blog spam now too. At least it looks that way from my MT logs, as I look at all the stuff that MT-Blacklist has blocked. (Mmmmm, MT-blacklist goodness. Regardless of whatever happens with MT 3.x's license, code, or fortune cookies, there's no way in hell I'm switching from the MT2.661 setup I have now if there's no blacklist equivalent for it) Dunno whether they're generic web proxies, or blog-spam-specific things. Since the wave hit more than a week ago it's tough to tell for sure, since dynamic IP addresses for dialup machines and whatnot'll...

Zombie PCs spew out 80% of spam | The
Register

Zombie PCs spew out 80% of spam | The
Register 06/05/2004 07:22 AM
machines hijacked by Trojan-horse infections .. Zombie PCs spew out 80% of spam

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Zombie PCs generate 80 per cent of spam

Zombie PCs generate 80 per cent of spam 06/04/2004 05:57 AM

Unplug zombie PCs, says anti-spam group

Unplug zombie PCs, says anti-spam group 06/23/2004 07:35 AM
Out-Law.com Jun 23 2004 11:52AM GMT

P-Cube Releases Spam-Zombie Killer

P-Cube Releases Spam-Zombie Killer 09/23/2004 08:50 AM

Telia blocks spam-sending Zombie PCs

Telia blocks spam-sending Zombie PCs 11/04/2003 07:33 AM
Trojans nipped in the bud

Zombie trick expected to send spam
sky-high

Zombie trick expected to send spam
sky-high 02/05/2005 09:26 PM
Spam levels are about to skyrocket, according to experts who warned this week that spammers have developed a new way of delivering their wares. According to the SpamHaus Project—a U.K.-based antispam compiler of blacklists that block 8 billion messages a day—a new piece of malicious software has been created that takes over a PC. This “zombie” computer is then used to send spam via the mail server of that PC’s Internet service provider. This means…

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CipherTrust fits zombie spotter to
anti-spam engine

CipherTrust fits zombie spotter to
anti-spam engine 02/01/2005 09:25 PM
Computer Weekly Feb 1 2005 4:30PM GMT

Boeing asks government for permission to
harass seals

Boeing asks government for permission to
harass seals 04/08/2005 06:36 PM
Blog: Boeing has asked the U.S. government for permission to harass Pacific seals. It's no joke. The defense contractor...

Spam can hurt in more ways than one
(USATODAY.com)

Spam can hurt in more ways than one
(USATODAY.com) 07/08/2004 07:09 AM
USATODAY.com - Small businesses that depend heavily on the Web and e-mail to market products are increasingly caught in a spam squeeze. Hackers and spammers hijack their PCs - and then Internet providers wrongly shut down the victims' e-mail.

Anti-spam industry consolidating
(USATODAY.com)

Anti-spam industry consolidating
(USATODAY.com) 07/20/2004 12:57 PM
USATODAY.com - Spam might be big business for junk e-mailers and spam-fighting companies, but something is shrinking: the number of anti-spam vendors.

Poll shows some look forward to reading
spam (USATODAY.com)

Poll shows some look forward to reading
spam (USATODAY.com) 07/27/2004 01:02 PM
USATODAY.com - For most Americans, spam is as popular as taxes and root canals.

Taking a dagger to cell-phone spam... if
possible (USATODAY.com)

Taking a dagger to cell-phone spam... if
possible (USATODAY.com) 08/04/2004 08:05 AM
USATODAY.com - If you have not yet received e-mail spam, you must be living on another planet. Most of us have been deluged with unsolicited commercial e-mails, and as a result, various laws have been passed and technological methods have been employed to grapple with this growing problem. Just when it seems like the situation could not get any worse, spam messages now are finding their way onto our cell phones. Verizon Wireless says enough's enough, and has filed a federal lawsuit in New Jersey against various alleged cell phone spammers.

MSN, Hotmail fight spam using Bonded
Sender (USATODAY.com)

MSN, Hotmail fight spam using Bonded
Sender (USATODAY.com) 05/05/2004 12:29 PM
USATODAY.com - Microsoft (MSFT) wants spammers to pay a financial penalty for the junk cluttering up your inbox. The Redmond, Wash., giant will endorse a plan today that aims to cut down on spam and help pave the way for legitimate e-mail to get through.

the end of phish

the end of phish 05/25/2004 04:12 PM
Phish to break up, according to CNN.

the official phish.com

the official phish.com 05/27/2004 12:12 AM
Phish

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Chromeless Phish

Chromeless Phish 06/16/2004 09:14 PM

When I built the visual spoofing demo, I could have done it in several ways including chromeless window but I went for the simplest way.  It turns out that some smart phisher recently launched a chromeless window-based phishing attack.  Following is screenshot of the browser window showing the phishing site which was still active at 11:51AM.

The webpage and the URL portion of the addressbar is fake.  What's happening is that the phishing site opened a chromeless window to overlay the fake URL over the real address which can be discerned by dragging another window over.  It's using a IE 5.5 specific feature to float the fake URL over everything.  The interesting thing about this trick is that it can potentially defeat many phishmark implementations such as my own 9-block phishmark.  PassMark and background-based phishmarks are still effective though.

Would You Get Caught? Go Phish!

Would You Get Caught? Go Phish! 04/12/2005 06:10 AM
A week ago, MailFrontier launched an online phishing IQ test to see just how many users would get caught out by e-mails they received. The results of the first week make scary reading. So far, nearly 12,000 people have tried the test - and 92% of them got at least one wrong answer.

In a similar US version, taken by more than 300,000 people, the average score was under 70%, The average UK user got seven out of ten - just 7% got them all right. In America, 96% got at least one answer wrong.

A MailFrontier spokesman said: "The 10 test emails are all real-life examples caught by our users. This means that, had they appeared in people's email systems in real life, a significant number would not be able to tell a real email from a fraudulent one."

View: MailFrontier | Take the UK test | Take the US test
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Phish :: News

Phish :: News 05/26/2004 01:23 AM
An announcement from Trey: .. decided to call it quits .. Trey's note

phish.com/news/index.php?year=2004#story182
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Phish calls it quits?

Phish calls it quits? 05/25/2004 04:12 PM
An announcement from Trey: "So Coventry will be the final Phish show...For the sake of clarity, I should say that this is not like the hiatus, which was our last attempt to revitalize ourselves. We're done. It's been an amazing and incredible journey."

Other News: Google Phish

Other News: Google Phish 09/16/2004 09:42 AM
"Gmail" is the latest hot word for "phishing" scammers.

Cringely : Phish or Cut Bait

Cringely : Phish or Cut Bait 06/05/2005 11:27 PM
"Is the government now going to be telling me I'm sending too much e-mail? How much mail is too much? And what are they doing monitoring my e-mail, anyway? Will they next be clamping down on my unhealthy propensity for forwarding Jenna Bush jokes?"

Spam, spam, spam, spam ... Canada
targets unwanted email (AFP)

Spam, spam, spam, spam ... Canada
targets unwanted email (AFP) 05/12/2004 04:17 AM
AFP - Canada unveiled a new action plan to combat unsolicited commercial e-mail, nicknamed spam, which jams inboxes and clogs Internet traffic worldwide.

Phish Scams Fooling 28% of Users

Phish Scams Fooling 28% of Users 07/28/2004 04:45 PM

GeoTrust aims to get you off the phish
hook

GeoTrust aims to get you off the phish
hook 09/24/2004 03:41 AM
After the rather heavy discussions of policy over the past few weeks, I wanted to hang a "gone fishing" sign on my office door and take a break. Unfortunately, too many people, it seems, have "gone phishing" recently and it's time we at Identity Management Central took notice of it.

Users Find Too Many Phish in the
Internet Sea

Users Find Too Many Phish in the
Internet Sea 09/19/2004 09:09 PM
New York Times Sep 20 2004 0:40AM GMT

MSNBC - Consumers still falling for
phish

MSNBC - Consumers still falling for
phish 07/30/2004 01:20 AM
Would those 28% please get offline and make room for smarter users? .. Fake e-mails fool users 28 percent of the time, study finds .. a lot of people .. MSNBC

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Tickets Sell Out for Phish Festival (AP)

Tickets Sell Out for Phish Festival (AP) 06/19/2004 07:35 PM
AP - Tickets for Phish's "Coventry" festival — the popular jam band's last concert — are sold out.

Companies Team Up To Catch Some Phish

Companies Team Up To Catch Some Phish 06/15/2004 09:08 PM
Anti-phishing software is not new. We wrote about it a couple months ago, when it looked like individual sites such as eBay were coming out with their own anti-phishing tools. For the most part, these were only helpful for very specific phishing scams (i.e., those directed at eBay users) and no one is interested in downloading a separate anti-phishing app for each and every site they visit. So, now, a group of tech companies and retailers are teaming up to come up with a standard method of fighting phishing scams. They call it the the Trusted Electronic Communications Forum (TECF) and hope to come up with a more standardized way of fighting phishing scams. Of course, since phishing is mostly a social engineering scam, it's unclear how much help a bit of technology will be in stopping it. The group admits that their goal isn't just to come up with technology solutions, but best practices and techniques to better track down the scammers. In other words, the goal is really just to educate both law enforcement and users about the risks of phishing scams. Of course, if Nigerian 419 scams are any example, it will be quite some time before they can reach those who are most vulnerable to these types of scams.

Con artists phish for campaign donors

Con artists phish for campaign donors 08/03/2004 07:49 PM
When that e-mail asks for a political contribution, make sure it's your candidate who's getting the money.

For lawmakers, identity theft a kettle
of phish

For lawmakers, identity theft a kettle
of phish 07/15/2004 06:53 AM
President Bush is set to sign into law a bill that mandates minimum sentences for ID fraudsters, including Net-reliant "phishers."

Mud Stops Fans Headed to Phish Farewell
(AP)

Mud Stops Fans Headed to Phish Farewell
(AP) 08/14/2004 02:59 PM
AP - With hundreds of cars stuck in the mud and more pouring in, Vermont State Police started turning back traffic headed to the Phish farewell concert on Saturday, and told ticketholders they would get refunds but no admittance.

Jam Band Phish Takes Stage to Bid
Farewell (AP)

Jam Band Phish Takes Stage to Bid
Farewell (AP) 08/14/2004 10:49 PM
AP - Tens of thousands of fans screamed and danced Saturday in a fantasyscape of upside-down trees and silver sculptures for the first in a series of farewell concerts by the jam band Phish.

The Register says Microsoft "phish" bug
remains officially patchless

The Register says Microsoft "phish" bug
remains officially patchless 01/22/2004 02:12 AM
The Register reports that "over one month after its discovery, there is no official patch available for a bug in Internet Explorer that lets swindlers pass off counterfeit websites as the real thing." I listened to this morning's monthly Microsoft...
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