Humpty Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Still getting a few spam here. Several major news outlets are reporting that the shutdown of a rogue ISP in the Bay Area has lead to a massive drop in the global amount of spam. While this is ?good thing?, this event is not an end of spam, nor is it even the beginning of the end of spam; it is merely a temporary lull. Thanks in no small part to evidence gathered by Brian Krebs, The San Jose based McColo was dropped from the Internet yesterday resulting in a massive decline in spam rates around the globe. The common consensus right now is that the takedown resulted in a 35% to 50% drop in inbound spam sending attempts. ZDNet Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I never get spam anymore. It's a nice feeling. I don't even need a filter but I still use one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 A Closer Look at McColo Yesterday, we published a story about Web hosting firm McColo being knocked offline after being accused by the computer security community of serving as a gateway to organizations engaged in spam activity. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityf...ml?nav=rss_blog "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Bad news Spam Volumes Expected to Rise with Botnet Resurrection Spam volumes could rise considerably over the next few days now that one of the world's largest networks of compromised computers used for blasting out junk e-mail was brought back to life tonight. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityf...ml?nav=rss_blog Newest Rogue Threats: http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.p...ost&p=36481 "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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