According to Brightmail the messaging security firm, last months email traffic was at least 50% SPAM. If my mail box is anything to go by its a lot higher than that too. And now Messagelabs the Gloucester based firm claim to have hard evidence of the means by which the spammers are sending the email, by hijacking users computers using a Trojan contained in a virus. The "Trojan virus" involved attempted to exploit a vulnerability on Windows PCs known as an open proxy. It's not just the technical details that are important here but the fact that the Spammers are proven to have been using hacking techniques that would lay themselves open to computer misuse charges. Not that this will deter any of them!
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posted by Robert Campbell 8:57 PM
Tony Blair would have been justified in going barking mad this morning after the discovery that The labour party web site was hacked, reported first by the BBC and subsequently by The Register. The defacement in all its gory details are published in true urban fashion for all to see and he to brag about. If anyone wanted demonstration of the mindset of the average hacker this is a good example. Oh and for all you who like to analyse these things the site was Unix - Solaris.
posted by Robert Campbell 8:33 PM
According to Brightmail the messaging security firm, last months email traffic was at least 50% SPAM. If my mail box is anything to go by its a lot higher than that too. And now Messagelabs the Gloucester based firm claim to have hard evidence of the means by which the spammers are sending the email, by hijacking users computers using a Trojan contained in a virus. The "Trojan virus" involved attempted to exploit a vulnerability on Windows PCs known as an open proxy. It's not just the technical details that are important here but the fact that the Spammers are proven to have been using hacking techniques that would lay themselves open to computer misuse charges. Not that this will deter any of them!
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Tony Blair would have been justified in going barking mad this morning after the discovery that The labour party web site was hacked, reported first by the 