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Tech execs ask Bush for cybersecurity commission
Date: 02/11/05 (Security) Keywords: virus, spam
Fed up with detritus of viruses, spam and "phishing" attacks, CTOs ask president to appoint commission to suggest solutions.
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Fight Spam
Date: 01/01/70 (Programming) Keywords: spam
Lycos has come up with a way to possibly fight spam sites. They have developed a screen saver that sends traffic to sites that have been listed as spam sites. This traffic multiplied by several thousand users should increase the...
Source: http://www.coreycollins.com/blog/archives/000053.php
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Google Part-Time Job Opening
Date: 01/01/70 (Programming) Keywords: spam, google
I was reading on a couple other sites about a Google temporary job opening. They're offering a new position, where someone can work remotely, called a Quality Rater. Another name for this title could be Spam Reporter, since this job...
Source: http://www.coreycollins.com/blog/archives/000052.php
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Security Code Issue Fixed
Date: 01/01/70 (Programming) Keywords: security, spam
I finally fixed the issue with my blog comment security code not actually working. I found out that in order for it to work I have to disable my mt-blacklist. I disabled it for the time being. If the spammer's...
Source: http://www.coreycollins.com/blog/archives/000050.php
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Update On Preventing Blog Spam
Date: 01/01/70 (Programming) Keywords: security, spam
I just installed another tool that should help me prevent blog spam and hopefully not inconvenience my users. I installed a MT plug-in that requires a user to type in a security code in order to post a comment. This...
Source: http://www.coreycollins.com/blog/archives/000047.php
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Blog Spam
Date: 01/01/70 (Programming) Keywords: php, spam
More and more Blog Spam seems to be occurring, and this is due to programs like the one by php-soft. I've been trying to find ways to fight this. One idea is since I use Moveable Type is to use...
Source: http://www.coreycollins.com/blog/archives/000046.php
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Simple tip for trackback spam prevention on WordPress Blogs
Date: 02/05/05 (Java Web) Keywords: spam
A very simple trick for clueless trackback spammers attacking WordPress Blogs. Delete your first post (id 0). Write the same content in another post. I receive many trackbacks targeted for the first post. They never show up as the post isn't there!
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AngsumansBlogOnJavaAndWebTechnologies?m=139
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“The hardest form to spam is that which requires manual authentication such as captchas.” - LinkSpammer
Date: 02/05/05 (Java Web) Keywords: spam
"The hardest form to spam is that which requires manual authentication such as captchas." - LinkSpammer interviewed at Register.co.uk. That validates (from horses mouth) what I have been arguing for long. Hmm. Have I insulted the horse species in the process?
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AngsumansBlogOnJavaAndWebTechnologies?m=138
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“This site has nasty hidden script”
Date: 02/01/05 (Java Web) Keywords: asp, spam
Yesterday I found some (around 20) irrelevant medical ads in my spam-trap :) Today I got a comment: "This site has --expletive deleted-- nasty hidden script (which prevents me from spamming)" - wrote some exasperated kiddie-comment-spammer in his comments. You bet!
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AngsumansBlogOnJavaAndWebTechnologies?m=133
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Recipe for a comment spam free site for WordPress Users
Date: 12/25/04 (Java Web) Keywords: spam
My recipe for getting rid of comment spam once and for all: Install WordPress 1.2.1 or later. Install ImageAuth hack
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AngsumansBlogOnJavaAndWebTechnologies?m=117
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Bad Karma by Spam Karma Filter
Date: 12/25/04 (Java Web) Keywords: spam
I have been unable to submit a comment in a site with spam karma enabled. So I wrote a comment in the spam karma plugin site. Wonder of wonder's the spam karma filter trigerred again! And then it took me to a CAPTCHA plugin :) After validating it complanied again by throwing me a beautiful looking...
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AngsumansBlogOnJavaAndWebTechnologies?m=116
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Gem of a spam
Date: 12/21/04 (Java Web) Keywords: spam
Excerpt from the best spam of 2004: In 1977, Kaplan Education LTD was sued by the Federal Trade Commission at Federal Trade Commission v. Kaplan Education, LTD, et al, 433 F. Supp. 989, *; 1977 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15398, **; 1977-2 Trade Cas (CCH) P61, 541, for false, misleading, and deceptive...
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AngsumansBlogOnJavaAndWebTechnologies?m=114
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Landmark judgement of 1 Billion $ awarded to ISP in Anti-SPAM suit
Date: 12/19/04 (Java Web) Keywords: html, technology, spam
A wonderful christmas/hanukkah present I must say :) http://tech.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Spam-Lawsuit.html
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AngsumansBlogOnJavaAndWebTechnologies?m=102
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Bye bye comment spam!
Date: 12/07/04 (Java Web) Keywords: spam
Finally I took the step to get rid of comment spam without time consuming moderation, which I have been doing so far. My quest first started with a simple solution - moderation of all comments.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AngsumansBlogOnJavaAndWebTechnologies?m=97
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DDOS’ing the Spammers? Who cares?
Date: 12/03/04 (Java Web) Keywords: software, spam
Lycos Europe as you probably know has created a screen-saver which allows a controlling lycos software to target the idle time of the machines which installed the screen-savers to flood the network of known spammers. Some people are getting concerned that it amounts to ddos attack.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AngsumansBlogOnJavaAndWebTechnologies?m=3
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New techniques of spamming…
Date: 07/29/04 (Java Web) Keywords: spam
For quite sometime naive bayesian classifier based SPAMBayes filtered my emails very accurately with very few false positives. Recently however I have noticed few trends in spamming which are alarming in nature.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AngsumansBlogOnJavaAndWebTechnologies?m=43
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Link Spamming: What works for me
Date: 03/23/04 (Java Web) Keywords: spam
As you all know blogs are a good place to dump the links to your casino/gambling site or other scams. Unfortunately I actively resist any attempt to spam this blog. I manually moderate the comments. Everytime someone posts a comment, I get an email. So normally it gets reflected on site very soon....
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AngsumansBlogOnJavaAndWebTechnologies?m=47
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New horizons in spamming aka SpamBlog ( Rick H needs to be cloned? )
Date: 02/12/05 (Java Web) Keywords: spam
I accidentally stumbled upon a site ( spam-guard[dot]blogspot[dot]com ) which exists for the sole purpose of spamming. It is a spam blog!
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AngsumansBlogOnJavaAndWebTechnologies?m=146
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Microsoft: Antispam tools assist HIV research
Date: 02/23/05 (Web Technology) Keywords: software, virus, spam
The software giant's research arm says software meant to sort spam could help fight the deadly virus.
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Anyone with a home for recently homeless Send-Safe spam tool?
Date: 03/01/05 (Java Web) Keywords: spam
The famous spam tool is looking for a home, after recent eviction by MCI, some no-name Russian firm and finally by Lycos!
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AngsumansBlogOnJavaAndWebTechnologies?m=169
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