Zombie PCs phish, spam, harass
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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 AMUSA Today Sep 9 2004 11:36AM GMT
Zombie PCs spam, phish, harass on the
sly (USATODAY.com)
Zombie PCs spam, phish, harass on the
sly (USATODAY.com)
09/08/2004 12:26 PMUSATODAY.com - Criminals deploy zombies herded into netwoks of a few
hundred to more than half a million compromised PCs. Uses vary from
the simply annoying (spam attacks) to the unsavory and criminal.
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 PMWarnings 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.
Zombie PCs.... not just for mail spam
any more
Zombie PCs.... not just for mail spam
any more
06/14/2004 07:39 PMNope, 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
Zombie PCs spew out 80% of spam
06/04/2004 08:38 AMMigmaf, SoBig et al power junk mail tsunami
Zombie PCs generate 80 per cent of spam
Zombie PCs generate 80 per cent of spam
06/04/2004 05:57 AMZombie PCs spew out 80% of spam | The
Register
Zombie PCs spew out 80% of spam | The
Register
06/05/2004 07:22 AMmachines hijacked by Trojan-horse infections .. Zombie PCs spew out
80% of spam
theregister.co.uk/2004/06/04/trojan_spam_study
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P-Cube Releases Spam-Zombie Killer
P-Cube Releases Spam-Zombie Killer
09/23/2004 08:50 AMUnplug zombie PCs, says anti-spam group
Unplug zombie PCs, says anti-spam group
06/23/2004 07:35 AMOut-Law.com Jun 23 2004 11:52AM GMT
Telia blocks spam-sending Zombie PCs
Telia blocks spam-sending Zombie PCs
11/04/2003 07:33 AMTrojans 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 PMSpam 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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'Zombie trick expected to send spam sky-high'
CipherTrust fits zombie spotter to
anti-spam engine
CipherTrust fits zombie spotter to
anti-spam engine
02/01/2005 09:25 PMComputer 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 PMBlog: Boeing has asked the U.S. government for permission to harass
Pacific seals.
It's no joke. The defense contractor...
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 AMPhish
phish.com
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Phish :: News
Phish :: News
05/26/2004 01:23 AMAn announcement from Trey: .. decided to call it quits .. Trey's
note
phish.com/news/index.php?year=2004#story182
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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 AMA 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:
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CoverageRead full story...Other News: Google Phish
Other News: Google Phish
09/16/2004 09:42 AM"Gmail" is the latest hot word for "phishing" scammers.
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."
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 AMAFP - Canada unveiled a new action plan to combat unsolicited
commercial e-mail, nicknamed spam, which jams inboxes and clogs
Internet traffic worldwide.
Tickets Sell Out for Phish Festival (AP)
Tickets Sell Out for Phish Festival (AP)
06/19/2004 07:35 PMAP - 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 PMAnti-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.
Phish Scams Fooling 28% of Users
Phish Scams Fooling 28% of Users
07/28/2004 04:45 PMCon artists phish for campaign donors
Con artists phish for campaign donors
08/03/2004 07:49 PMWhen that e-mail asks for a political contribution, make sure it's
your candidate who's getting the money.
Users Find Too Many Phish in the
Internet Sea
Users Find Too Many Phish in the
Internet Sea
09/19/2004 09:09 PMNew York Times Sep 20 2004 0:40AM GMT
GeoTrust aims to get you off the phish
hook
GeoTrust aims to get you off the phish
hook
09/24/2004 03:41 AMAfter 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.
MSNBC - Consumers still falling for
phish
MSNBC - Consumers still falling for
phish
07/30/2004 01:20 AMWould 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
msnbc.msn.com/id/5519990
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Mud Stops Fans Headed to Phish Farewell
(AP)
Mud Stops Fans Headed to Phish Farewell
(AP)
08/14/2004 02:59 PMAP - 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 PMAP - 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.
For lawmakers, identity theft a kettle
of phish
For lawmakers, identity theft a kettle
of phish
07/15/2004 06:53 AMPresident Bush is set to sign into law a bill that mandates minimum
sentences for ID fraudsters, including Net-reliant "phishers."
The Register says Microsoft "phish" bug
remains officially patchless
The Register says Microsoft "phish" bug
remains officially patchless
01/22/2004 02:12 AMThe 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...
Finance Spam Passing Drug Spam While
Porn Spam Is Washed Up
Finance Spam Passing Drug Spam While
Porn Spam Is Washed Up
05/24/2004 05:37 PMThe latest study on spam trends appears to show that
financial spam is outpacing pharmaceutical spam
- though, honestly, so much of both is coming out that it's really
hard to imagine that this matters at all. Meanwhile, it seems that
porn spam is increasingly less interesting to spammers as the numbers
have been on a noticeable decline for quite some time. No matter
what, though, it appears that CAN-SPAM has done absolutely nothing to
slow down the amount of spam sent.
Zombie 1.0
Zombie 1.0
01/06/2004 02:25 PMZombie is a neat little screen saver that simulates the epic struggle
of life with stick figures and bright colors.
Is your computer a zombie
Is your computer a zombie
07/08/2004 05:23 AMWe all know that there are a lot of zombie machines on the Internet
and they are being rented out to perform a myriad of task. Some of
these networks are made up of 10 to 30,000 machines and are being
rented out for as little as $100.00 per hour. [ZDNet]
20,000 Zombie PCs -- $3000
20,000 Zombie PCs -- $3000
09/09/2004 04:35 PMA New Breed of Zombie?
A New Breed of Zombie?
06/07/2004 09:15 AM
A New Breed of Zombie?
Zombies have been a fixture in horror lore, inspiring people to write
about the
theory
behind them, plans for
national
security against them, and
home protection. But are
these experts prepared for the mutations that have developed? Rock n
Roll Zombies (see above),
Viral
Zombies, and
Drug Induced
Zombies. How to Survive a Zombie Attack
How to Survive a Zombie Attack
04/19/2005 03:40 AMI finally saw Dawn of the Dead (2004), and I just have to wonder, did
these people even think about how they would survive a zombie attack?
Since we've had a rash of zombie movies lately - 28 Day, Shaun of the
Dead - I think someone needs to publish a zombie survival guide to
help these people out. And that someone is me, because I for one
don't welcome our new zombie overlords.
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