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The more we allow Gadi Evron to post the more this list turns into a rehash of digg and reddit news aggregation web sites. On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 2:37 AM, Gadi Evron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:22:42 -0800 > From: Paul Ferguson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams and Spams Knocked > Offline > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Via Security Fix. > > [snip] > > A U.S. based Web hosting firm that security experts say was responsible for > facilitating more than 75 percent of the junk e-mail blasted out each day > globally has been knocked offline following reports from Security Fix on > evidence gathered about criminal activity emanating from the network. > > For the past four months, Security Fix has been gathering data from the > security industry about McColo Corp., a San Jose, Calif., based Web hosting > service whose client list experts say includes some of the most > disreputable cyber-criminal gangs in business today. > > On Monday, Security Fix contacted the Internet providers that manage more > than 90 percent of the company's connection to the larger Internet, sending > them information about badness at McColo as documented by the security > industry. > > [snip] > > More: > http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/11/major_source_of_online > _scams_a.html > > Also, more details will become available real soon now... > > - - ferg > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) > > wj8DBQFJGj2hq1pz9mNUZTMRAsUaAJ4g4AzgLzD+NB9jvtlQu2kWwxY9UgCfakeM > RzvY4TKA6HqN8jePb8AJlOY= > =r3Oz > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson > Engineering Architecture for the Internet > fergdawgster(at)gmail.com > ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > >
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