Spam Sources, Spam Trends
Who and where are the bad guys? The Cloud is clouding the issue of spam sources Spam is nothing new and neither are large blasts of spam but the large blasts we are seeing lately appear to be a related stream with the same or similar batches of subject lines, content...
Computer Security, Dangerous Spam, Security
USPS SCAM EMAIL WITH VIRUS This email originated in Italy: from IP: 93.67.220.202 inetnum: 93.64.0.0 – 93.67.255.255 netname: VODAFONE-IT descr: IP addresses reserved to DSL subscribers country: IT admin-c: VI745-RIPE tech-c: VI745-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA...
DeSpaminator, Eliminated Spam Sources, Spam Sources, Spam Trends
Much of the spam today has links to domains on the TLD of .xyz Today there was a huge blast from a new (to me) source and none of the ranges have abuse contacts. I added an auto score for anything with links to .xyz domains and have been outright blocking ranges one...
Spam Sources, Spam Trends, The problem might be a well known company
Not ONLY are we number 1 – we are really far in the lead! USA: Number of Current Live Spam Issues: 2876 China: Number of Current Live Spam Issues: 1933 Russian: Federation Number of Current Live Spam Issues: 916 Above as of 12/22/2015 See:...
The problem might be a well known company
Abuse reports to service providers should result in action – unfortunately they often result in frustration! Today I sent an abuse report to abuse@WEB.com The reason I sent the report was a spammer I had already complained about was now sending malware...
Computer Security, Opt-out-of-ads, Privacy
The PROs and CONs of interest based advertising Never has the term “Pros and Cons” been more applicable in an ironic duality, in my opinion! The PROS love interest based advertising! Professional Marketing people love it because they can focus ads on a...