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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. All this really makes me wonder... by BJZQ8 · · Score: 5, Funny

    All this really makes me wonder when the death penalty will be approved for spammers. Or at least some harsh beatings...

    1. Re:All this really makes me wonder... by taperkat · · Score: 5, Funny

      but... my family in Nigeria needs your help... *sob*

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  2. They "r00ted" a native american waiter? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is obscene. How far will spammers go?

  3. No Death Penalty, Please!!! by tds67 · · Score: 5, Funny
    All this really makes me wonder when the death penalty will be approved for spammers. Or at least some harsh beatings...

    No, not yet! I'm only halfway through my penis-enlarging regimen!

  4. Re:enlargements by ebonkyre · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, there's no accounting for spammers' tastes. Judging from some of the spams I've seen, females with enlarged cocks are apparently pretty popular with these folks...

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