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Examining an Automated Spam Tool

Posted by michael on from the processed-meat dept.

Saint Aardvark writes "SecurityFocus has published an excellent column detailing how spammers r00ted an Apache server, and used it to send spam. The tool they used is (I hate to admit it) pretty sophisticated: it has macro capabilities, picks up email addresses from and reports success or failure to the master server. It's a very frightening read...and so is this: Message Labs reports that they now intercept 27 spam emails per second, up from 2 per second this time last year. Virus-created proxies are mainly to blame."

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  1. Please enlighten me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What does this have to do with technology, and why the fuck was this approved to the front page?

  2. Re:All this really makes me wonder... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    after all, I am a female.

    When did you have the operation?

  3. Microsoft vs *nix by nberardi · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I guess how it is panning out is: Microsoft biggest promoter of viruses. *nix biggest promoter of SPAM. :)

  4. Re:Bad getting worse... by Capt_Troy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Alberto Huber

    hmmm, something about that name. WAIT!

    it's Rebuh Otrebla backwards! AH-HA!

  5. Discussion trends by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    - Someone roots a Windows server, zombies it and uses it to send out spam: HAHAHAHAH!!! WINBLOWS SUX!!1!! HAHAHA!!! OMFG !!!! HAHAHAHAH!!!! M$ IS TEH GEY!!1!!

    Someone roots a Linux server running Apache, zombies it and uses it to send out spam: Damn spammers.

    I just loooove Slashbork!

  6. Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You are one dumb bitch.