(The Spamhaus Project, www.spamhaus.org) An organization devoted to eliminating spam and tracking its worst offenders. A spamhaus is an organization that sends out spam, using the German word for house, which is "haus." See ROKSO.
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- Gaping security hole in Time Warner cable routers
- how about telling us how to fix it?Can the customer log into their own router and change the vulnerable settings? Please advise.Patetic simply pateticThis is a worst case scenario... Time Warner is guilty of having used the same Admin Name/Password on all their routers and from what I read on...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Microsoft Hotmail blocking GMX mail for some in Europe
- Microsoft Hotmail blocking GMX mail for some in EuropeBye MS... joinging GMXThanks ZDNet.. for setting us free.UIsn't interoperability one of Microsoft's pet words?The Microsoft definition of interoperability means to conform to one of their bastardized standards or suffer the "consequences". This may be a case of consequences suffered but...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail systematically abused by spammers
- With the industry's eyes constantly monitoring the usual suspects' use of phony hosting providers, another market segment within the underground marketplace has been developing beneath the radar, aiming to build a malicious infrastructure (Spammers targeting Bebo, generate thousands of bogus accounts; Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack) through...
- Blog posts 2008-12-10
- Microsoft is 5th most spam-friendly ISP
- Microsoft is 5th most spam-friendly ISPShut them down! ntntLet's buy Yahoo?Bill should just code himself out of this one.Well.....if they can't deliver a secure OS, how do you expect them to deliver a secure network?Taking a VERY jaundiced view but......it makes me wonder if any traffic is good traffic in...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-21
- Microsoft is 5th most spam-friendly ISP
- Spammers are abusing Microsoft's online services at such an alarming rate that a non-profit spam fighting group now lists Microsoft as the world's 5th most spam-friendly ISP Internet Service Provider. The latest update of Spamhaus.org's list of the world's worst spam networks shows Microsoft at #5 because...
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Top ten worst spam registrars notified by ICANN
- Top ten worst spam registrars notified by ICANNRE: Top ten worst spam registrars notified by ICANNWith the title of your article I was expecting you to name names...garyRE: Top ten worst spam registrars notified by ICANNWell, the links and the details of the registrars are within the first sentence of...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- Straight Talking - Tighten Content Security
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- White papers 2008-05-01
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- If one uses email, one receives spam. While the problem is onerous for individual users, it is dramatically worse for companies, network operators, Internet service providers and other that process large amounts of email. The problems caused by spam include annoyance, slower message delivery times and the like. However, the...
- White papers 2008-03-01
- Do switchers now rule the Mac?
- Do switchers now rule the Mac?Hate to break it to you but it was a misprint[i]The most recent 'vert is Misprint, which points to a recent PC World review that says "the MacBook Pro outperformed the rest of the notebooks we tested, all of which claim Windows as their primary...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-06
- Knujon spam fighting made possible by open source
- Within sight of Mt. Snow in Vermont retired programmer Bob Bruen is using the economics of open source to fight spam in a new way. KnujOn takes spam apart and then shuts spam landing sites down for violating ISP policies. "We figure out where...
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- Why spam can only be managed, not ended
- Why spam can only be managed, not endedGates/Microsoft sued a lot of spammersGates/Microsoft sued a lot of spammers. That annoyed a few of the big dogs, but it didn't make much of a dent. The Russians murdered a few spammers no tear here, but that didn't make too...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-26
- Operation Bot Roast: Too little too late
- * Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest Editorial by Dr Jose NazarioThe US FBI has kicked off Operation Bot Roast this summer with the goal of addressing the botnet problem. Hurray for them,it's good that something is being done. However, this is probably not going to stop the botnet problem, and maybe...
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
- Botnet assault: Spammers launch DDoS offensive
- Botnet assault: Spammers launch DDoS offensiveWant to eliminate BotNets and all this crap?It's really easy, it takes a router expert and the will to force ISPs to take control of their networks. It works, I have personally forced several ISPs to disable spammers from their networks, it just comes...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-11
- Botnet assault: Spammers launch DDoS offensive
- The spammers behind last year's destruction of Blue Security are back with a vengeance, using a variant of the 'Storm Worm' malware to launch a sustained distributed denial-of-service attack against three anti-spam services.The ongoing attacks, which use botnets of hijacked Windows computers, successfully shut down the Web servers that power...
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
- Major spammer is brought to justice
- None of will probably notice a decrease in the amount of spam we receive, but it is no small thing that federal authorities have caught up with the the king of spam, reports the Associated Press.Twenty-seven year-old Robert Alan Soloway is accused of using networks of computers to send out...
- Blog posts 2007-05-31
- 'Seattle Spammer' arrested
- 'Seattle Spammer' arrestedYou also forgotEvery computer owner who's resources were stolen by him to send out spam. He should have to pay the old IBM rate for the computer time used on each computer..estimated by the computer owner of course.. as the damages.Nothing stopping itThis is a criminal case,...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-31
- Spam fighter hit with $11 million judgment
- Spam fighter hit with $11 million judgmentMore proof the judicial system in America does not work.The criminals know they have the upper hand and they exploit every opportunity available to misuse the judicial system in America. I hope those with the proper means take down e360 and all the other...
- Discussion threads 2006-09-14
- FTC shuts down four spam rings
- FTC shuts down four spam ringsI hope this will teach spammers a lesson:Send unsolicited messages with unwanted advertisements and sexual images without labeling via the use of "zombie" / "spambot" PCs and you will have to pay anywhere from $5,000 to $500,000.Four down - forty million to go...Unless the FTC...
- Discussion threads 2006-09-14
- Attack code targets new IE hole
- Attack code targets new IE holeAttack code targets new IE holeSince the user has to go to the malicious site first it will be hard to pull this exploit off. Not to mention that there are no attacks to exploit this so it can be classified as a proof...
- Discussion threads 2006-09-14
- Major spammer settles suit for $1 million
- Major spammer settles suit for $1 millionthis guy is full of itWould he have had a change of heart if he wasn't caught? Hell no!I can smell his bullsh** right through my computer screen.HA, HA, HAThe spammer has become an antispan activist!He must have taken a page from M$ book...
- Discussion threads 2006-06-05
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