Open Source Filtering Solutions and the Spam Problem
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| ...current spamming methods now include huge networks (called botnets) of
| zombie-computers used for distributed spam delivery and Denial of Service
| attacks.
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| In the meantime, nobody knows how many spambots are currently harvesting the
| Web in search of new e-mail addresses, their new victims. There is nothing
| sophisticated in their attacks, only brute force and numbers. Spammers earn a
| living by making and delivering spam and they do it darn well.
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http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1035#013381012028033878392
That last point is important, by the way, because many people still think that
if their E-mail address is not public, they will receive no SPAM. Just being
on a Windows user's address book is enough to get you exposed to some of these
billions of messages that are sent each day.
Related:
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
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| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
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| the BBC reports.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
FBI to Notify Microsoft Windows Users Who Were Victims of Botnets
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| The Department of Justice and FBI have announced the results of
| an ongoing cyber crime initiative to disrupt and dismantle
| “botherders” and elevate the public’s cyber security
| awareness of botnets.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/general/10550/fbi-notify-microsoft-windows-users-who-were-victims-botnets
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