Justin mentions that SA 3.10 has been released … [Read more...] about Spam Assassin 3.10
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Hurricane Katrina Scams
As has happened on previous occasions the spammers and phishers are seeing the aftermath of Katrina as a boon. The email below is an example of the kind of scam email currently "in the wild". You can click on the image to see a larget version: As you can see from the screenshot the email failed the SPF check and shows a return path to a Polish hosting company on the Gnax.net … [Read more...] about Hurricane Katrina Scams
Graphing RBLDNSD queries using MRTG
Some time ago I wrote about setting up a local mirror for a DNS blacklist using RBLDNSD and Bind. Although that works fine and definitely gives a speed up to servers on the network I'd really like to know what is happening ie. how many queries. … [Read more...] about Graphing RBLDNSD queries using MRTG
Phishing Stupidly
I've mentioned phishing fraud in the past. Most of it is quite well done and almost looks genuine I got one today that was really badly executed The first sign of it being fraudelent was the "from" part. Instead of saying "paypal" or "PayPal" they used "PaYpal", which is incorrect capitalisation. A company the size of Paypal is unlikely to make that kind of mistake The other … [Read more...] about Phishing Stupidly
Uribl Site Gets overhaul
The URIBL website has been given a complete overhaul. A number of buttons and logos are now available for supporters as well :) If you don't know what URIBL is I would recommend you have a look at my previous post on the subject. … [Read more...] about Uribl Site Gets overhaul