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Another Worm Targets Anti-Spam Sites
kevinvee writes "Yahoo! is reporting about the next battle of Spam Houses versus Spamhauses. This time, its W32/Mimail-L receiving the attention. "It's the third Mimail variation to come after us, except this one is trying to do more," said Steve Linford, founder of The Spamhaus Project. Apparently this reincarnation comes as an attachment offering naked photographs. Once infected, a follow-up e-mail is sent to the user stating that a CD containing child pornography will be delivered to their postal address. "These guys write trojan (viruses), they carry out DDOS attacks and they get their money through selling stolen credit cards and spamming," Linford said."
Am I the only one who finds this constant "cyber battle" between good and evil absolutely entertaining?
I mean, first you get the good hackers doing things like hacking Madonna's website because she thought she'd be all slick and release those "What the fuck do you think you're doing?" Mp3s. You also have the wonderful folks who are so good at defacing the RIAA's site because they're such ridiculous pricks.
Then you have the "bad" guys: people who target the so-called "good" sites like these Anti-Spam deals, or the people who make these worms that cause millions of dollars worth of damage because the folks at MS are too lazy to fix their stuff.
The fact that Anti-Spam sites are now being targetted makes it that much better because those sites have actually caused me a lot of personal headache by labeling me as a spammer even though I've never touched the stuff in my life!! I've sent countless emails explaining to them that they have no proof or reason to even remotely believe I was ever a spammer, they don't listen. I guess this is what they get, hehe.
Man, I love it. I personally can't wait for the next "Code Red" to hit so I can laugh at the damage it's caused.
We have secretly replaced these Slashdot mods' sense of humor with a rusty nail. Let's see if they notice!!
You fucking idiot. Seriously, why are you people so GOD DAMN STUPID?
The Internet Worm
Please at least have some rudimentary knowledge of computer history - this was 1988 so unless you're less than 15 years old you have NO excuse for this idiocy. This slashdot article is about vicious attacks by VIRUS WRITERS. You are using it as a platform to espouse your obviously ridiculous opinion about security holes in an e-mail program.
In case you don't get my point, let me hammer it home for you - the link I provided is similar in that some smart guy exploited a security flaw to propagate a virus which copied itself all over the god damn internet and shut large sections of it down. The fact that this wasn't his specific intent is irrelevant. Would you like to sue UNIX for allowing a virus to propagate?
You edgy fuckers think shoving your tired, irritating Microsoft bashes into every god damn article on Slashdot is so clever. Examine the facts, genius - if someone wants to fuck with software, they will find a way.
With the exception of people (?) like Michael Jackson and R. Kelly, who probably forwards these worms to everyone in his address book intentionally.