Date: 09/04/07 (WebDesign)    Keywords: spam

A forum and blog left wide open for spam bots:

http://botarchy.com/

Not bots yet tho... I hope they come.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1305375.html

Date: 09/06/07 (Security)    Keywords: web, spam

Commentary: Mass e-mail malware is yesterday’s news. Today's attacks increasingly involve malware hidden on Web sites, says Secure Computing's Paul Henry.Commentary--Mass e-mailing is no longer hip for hackers. Spam attacks are now yesterday’s news and have been replaced with targeted attacks. There are two predominant reasons for the switch: ...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-163227.html

Date: 09/09/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: spam

Spammer of the day - Florida based Interactive Marketing Group repeatedly spammed us 86 times abusing our Contact Form touting their ImgSite[dot]net service from the IP address 85.255.121.130. They are our spammer of the day. Their email is tech@imgsite.net. Feel free to email them and add them to your ban list. Share This

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/spammer-of-the-day/

Date: 09/20/07 (Security)    Keywords: spam

Report finds that China topped the region in the first half of 2007, producing the most malicious code, spam zombies, bots and attacks. China leads Asia in malicious online activity, racking up 42 percent of the action in the first half of 2007, up from 39 percent last...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6209172.html

Date: 09/21/07 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: spam

I though it was just me, but after the last Thunderbird update, the spam filter went all to hell. It doesn't even screen things with "Viagra" in them, and it doesn't learn - I keep deleting political spam from the same address over and over. Turns out a friend is having the same experience. Anyone know what happened? Or how to fix it?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1108543.html

Date: 09/24/07 (Security)    Keywords: spam

I get phishing scams in my email all the time. Some even defeat spam filters. Over at our sister site Tech Republic, blogger Jason Fielding muses on why some people still fall for this stuff. He writes that curiousity got...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=2411

Date: 09/28/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: spam

Just copy-n-paste the following word list to Comment Blacklist section in Options->Discussion (in WordPress administration) for protection against the most common types of medical / drug related comment spams. The list was derived by analyzing hundreds of thousands of spams. citalopram cymbalta lexapro lorazepam valium paxil levitra oxycontin tramadol clomid ultram doxycycline lipitor valtrex cialis viagra hydrocodone percocet oxycodone adderall propecia xanax ambien ephedra fioricet texas holdem adipex phentermine Additionally you may also want to add these words for protection against other type of [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/medical-terms-for-wordpress-blacklist-to-protect-you-from-most-drug-spams/

Date: 09/28/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: spam

508903 spam comments were blocked by Angsuman’s Comment Guard plugin in 253 days 21 hours 54 minutes. 99.503% of the comments received during this time were spam. - All these spams for this blog alone. Check my right sidebar for the latest stats on Comment Guard Pro (pre-release version) for this blog. We are working hard [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/12-million-spam-comments-blocked-by-comment-guard-pro-zero-false-positive/

Date: 10/10/07 (Security)    Keywords: security, web, spam

Spammers may have changed tactics, targeting a familiar Web site rather than PCs for the purpose of spreading the trojan. Spammers are exploiting YouTube's "invite your friends" function to send spam containing a variant of the "Storm worm." Bradley Anstis, director of product management at security firm Marshal,...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6212674.html

Date: 10/16/07 (IT Professionals)    Keywords: php, html, security, spam, microsoft

http://www.avast.com/

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,64543/description.html

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,8078;order,1;page,1/description.html

http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,64566/description.html

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

http://spamato.com/

http://www.roadkil.net/unstopcp.html

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

http://www.febooti.com/products/filetweak/members/case/

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/security/autoruns.mspx

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/itprofessionals/68104.html

Date: 10/17/07 (Web Development)    Keywords: php, html, web, spam

I don't know PHP absolutely. I have a PHP e-mail form on my website (http://www.toondra.ru/en/contact.htm) and I have problems with spam. Can you help me and add Captcha code to HTML code of that page? I found that (http://captchator.com/test.php.txt) but it's hard for my understanding :)

If you can help me please send me fixed PHP page (http://www.toondra.ru/en/contact.htm)

Thank you!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/440678.html

Date: 10/17/07 (PHP Development)    Keywords: php, html, web, spam

I don't know PHP absolutely. I have a PHP e-mail form on my website (http://www.toondra.ru/en/contact.htm) and I have problems with spam. Can you help me and add Captcha code to HTML code of that page? I found that (http://captchator.com/test.php.txt) but it's hard for my understanding :)

If you can help me please send me fixed PHP page (http://www.toondra.ru/en/contact.htm)

Thank you!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/php_dev/78566.html

Date: 10/17/07 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php, html, web, spam

I don't know PHP absolutely. I have a PHP e-mail form on my website (http://www.toondra.ru/en/contact.htm) and I have problems with spam. Can you help me and add Captcha code to HTML code of that page? I found that (http://captchator.com/test.php.txt) but it's hard for my understanding :)

If you can help me please send me fixed PHP page (http://www.toondra.ru/en/contact.htm)

Thank you!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/php/591689.html

Date: 10/20/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: spam

Spam, which uses the same port as regular e-mail traffic, thus becomes the convenient excuse for eliminating the open Internet and creating a new, carrier-controlled network in which innovative services like Netflix Video on Demand can be killed, because they threaten cable's business model.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/172515775/

Date: 10/26/07 (Security)    Keywords: security, spam

U.S. sends about 28 percent of the world's spam--more than five times as much as second-place South Korea, says security firm. The U.S. remains the world's biggest spammer, according to security firm Sophos, which on Friday released its quarterly report on the world's top spam-offending countries--dubbed the "Dirty...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6215444.html

Date: 10/31/07 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: spam

I've been using Mailsnare for years, but I'm finally fed up. They no longer have a customer phone line, and my account shows 98% full in spite of being nearly empty. The spam filtering has gotten worse and worse. It's time for a change. Any suggestions? Or comments, if this is actually as good as it gets. TIA.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1122484.html

Date: 11/02/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: spam

An effective war against spam requires that open source collaborate with the proprietary world.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/178492214/

Date: 11/02/07 (Security)    Keywords: spam

Spammer is sentenced after pleading guilty to helping send junk e-mails to more than 1.2 million America Online subscribers. A New Jersey man was sentenced to more than two years in prison on Friday for helping send spam e-mails to more than 1.2 million America Online subscribers. ...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6216799.html

Date: 11/03/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: spam

We are tweaking our postfix servers to offer maximum spam protection upfront with helo checks, header checks, blacklist checks, RBL’s and more. So far my daily spam count has dropped from about 3000-7000 spams / day to about 15-50 spams per day. It should drop even more as I added more RBL to my list. One [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/strong-anti-email-spam-protection-in-place/

Date: 11/04/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: spam

Comment Guard Pro is finally turning out to be the uber anti-comment spam protection plugin I dreamt of; everything you would ever want in a comment spam protection plugin and more, much more. The plugin itself is composed of several modules, each of which can be individually enabled / disabled, tweaked and configured all from [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/comment-guard-pro-in-final-stages-of-development/