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Spammers Exploiting Hotmail Vulnerability

Posted by timothy on from the special-circumstances dept.

chip rosenthal writes "Notice more Hotmail spam in your inbox recently? There is a good reason for that. In March, spammers discovered a new vulnerability in the Hotmail service that allows them to script their spam sending. So far I've seen a 2200% increase in Hotmail spam as a result. We're now at three months and counting, and the problem only seems to be getting worse."

3 of 310 comments (clear)

  1. in another news.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    another exploit found in sendmail!

  2. no wonder. by frodo+from+middle+ea · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have set my spam filter to the highest.
    Technically I am not even supposed to get mail in my inbox from ppl. who are not in my address book.
    Yet I end up with atleast 10-15 junk mails getting through.

    --
    for the last time people, I am "frodo from middle eaRTH", not "middle eaST".
  3. Re:can this be? by sleeper0 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    don't be an idiot, after i posted on slashdot i posted the same thing in his comments.

    Over react much?