Spamhaus DDoS attack not to blame for rise in spam Hardware and Software Information Security by happygeek … (DDoS) campaign aimed against anti-spam outfit Spamhaus peaked at an attack volume of 300 Gbps …the DDoS attack was impacting anyone other than Spamhaus along with it's anti-DDoS protection service… that it had nothing to do with the Spamhaus attacks at all. ![001215393dd751a8dc9da91d5dd0f203](/attachments/large/0/001215393dd751a8dc9da91d5dd0f203… World’s Worst Spammers Named and Shamed Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek …at [URL="http://www.spamhaus.org"]The Spamhaus Project[/URL] Spamhaus is an international non-profit organization… networks via its spam-blocking databases, including the Spamhaus Block List (SBL) and the Exploits Block List…these spammers are also automatically listed in the Spamhaus Block List. Most of the spammers listed within… Who ya gonna call? Spambusters... Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek …, I am more concerned right now with the possibility of Spamhaus, a proven weapon in the fight against spam, losing their… that will holds up when faced with a federal order. Spamhaus claim to block 50 billion spam messages every day by… court as it has no jurisdiction over the British based Spamhaus. It could just prove to be one of the most… Spammer stays in slammer Hardware and Software by happygeek … of Jeremy Jaynes (the 8th most prolific spammer according to Spamhaus at the time of the arrest) who, way back in… Spam hits new lows with a new high Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek … spammers are based in the US, according to data from Spamhaus, or because this is when the spammers’ largest target audience… website is hacked. Programming Web Development by vibhaJ … host server that my site has been placed on the Spamhaus SBL. below is the content for that: [CODE] >>… website is hacked. 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Spamhaus tells that each dynamic IP range should be blocked. But… Re: Why Linux doesnt need an anti virus Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by planetxmail … they can not seem to stop spam? goto [url]www.spamhaus.org[/url] and read all about spam news. An OS… Re: disabling proxy server problem Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by sknake …]http://www.mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx[/url] [url]http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/[/url] [url]http://www.blacklistalert.org/[/url] If… Re: How can I check if my web hosting blocks a outgoing port? Community Center Geeks' Lounge by Ketsuekiame … uses an IP range that has be placed in the SpamHaus database. Re: Spamhaus DDoS attack not to blame for rise in spam Hardware and Software Information Security by LastMitch >Considering that much of the spam that gets delivered will come complete with malware attachments or links to an exploited web site, the fact that spam catch rates are falling is of concern. Not least as it suggests that the bad guys are keeping ahead of the good guys in terms of tweaking the delivery process in order to avoid the filtering … Re: Spamhaus DDoS attack not to blame for rise in spam Hardware and Software Information Security by diafol Looking at the graph, it seems as though the 4 with the 0% false negs are the best. With potentially 100s of spam messages arriving every day, can we afford false negs? If we assume that we can, does that mean we then have to manually trawl through our spam folders for the odd unlawfully imprisoned msg? Woudl we be betetr not to have a spam filter … Re: Spamhaus DDoS attack not to blame for rise in spam Hardware and Software Information Security by rajutech Although Hotmail prevents all Possible spam e-mail to come directly in Inbox, But we have to check spam folder as well to avoid deleting useful e-mails. There is sudden increase in spam e-mails coming to my Junk folder. Nice post to describe the possible points of security concerns. Hoping it will recovered soon. Re: World’s Worst Spammers Named and Shamed Hardware and Software Networking by Dani Congratulations on being Dugg :) Re: World’s Worst Spammers Named and Shamed Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek Cool huh, really makes those view-counts whizz past when you hit the Dugg front page. :) Re: World’s Worst Spammers Named and Shamed Hardware and Software Networking by citystar The only thing that would make them stop is freezing their assets, actually sending them to prison for long terms, that sort of thing. UCE is ruining email as a communications medium, and I think that's pretty serious. Unfortunately the CAN-SPAM act seems to be a license to spam. :sad: Re: World’s Worst Spammers Named and Shamed Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek I agree, the fines are pointless if they don't get paid and the perps skip the country. But, to be honest, it is rare enough to get a prosecution anyway so jail time is just as meaningless. What is needed is some real global determination, and that is always going to be missing. Re: World’s Worst Spammers Named and Shamed Hardware and Software Networking by Dani Well, it's official. Google Webmaster Tools has ranked this page as having the highest pagerank on the daniweb.com domain for the month of December. Re: World’s Worst Spammers Named and Shamed Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek Huzzah. :) Re: Spam hits new lows with a new high Hardware and Software Networking by tatil thank you master A very good article and I will follow the forum constantly. thanks Re: Spam hits new lows with a new high Hardware and Software Networking by MosaicFuneral Actually my spam inbox is down from seeing hundreds to seeing maybe a dozen. Don't know what happened to change that number recently. Re: Spam hits new lows with a new high Hardware and Software Networking by deathlemon nice article Re: website is hacked. Programming Web Development by rch1231 Hello, It sounds like someone has posted a site on your server and is generating sam form it. I would start by checking the /tmp /var/tmp /usr/tmp directories for posted files or directories. Make sure when you do directory listings you use: ls -la I have always found they like to hide things in directories that look like they belong like ... … Re: website is hacked. Programming Web Development by vibhaJ Thanks rch1231. Sent you Private Message. Please all.....Get me out of this. Re: website is hacked. Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by Borzoi Have you called their tech support? If you have an account with them their tech support is free. I can't make out what the problem is from that e-mail you got sent so I unfortunately can't help. Not really useful information for you, but I live in the same city Fasthosts is located and work just down the road from them. Re: website is hacked. Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by Stefano Mtangoo Sounds like spam installed in your server and started sending flood of stuffs! Have you got massive mail sending like mailing list? How long have you hosted there?