Exit0 have a modified version of Raymond's spam assassin ruleset that will catch the bounces: German spam … [Read more...] about “German” spam updated ruleset
Spam Filtering
New “political” spam
There's a new wave of political spam hitting mailservers across Europe and presumably the globe. Most of it seems to be in German, though some subject lines in English have been reported. It looks like they are being sent by zombie PCs. This is very similar to the nazi spam which was spotted about 14 months ago. Update: Raymond has released an SA ruleset to block most of this … [Read more...] about New “political” spam
Comment Spam – Irish style
Bernie reports that he was comment spammed by an Irish company. I'm not that surprised, which is a sad reflection. Damien mentioned an email spam issue from a couple of months back as well. Unfortunately this kind of crap will become more prevalent unless Irish law is tightened up and, more importantly, people are educated. I haven't had any Irish comment spam on this blog … [Read more...] about Comment Spam – Irish style
sendmail milters
I finally took the plunge today and got milter-ahead working. I had been meaning to do something about it for ages, but didn't have a spare redhat machine to test it on. What does it do? The concept behind the milter is very simple. At the start of the SMTP transaction the milter connects with the destination mail server to see if the recipient is valid. If the recipient is … [Read more...] about sendmail milters
Bank of Ireland targetted by phishing scam
Bank of Ireland's online banking service, 365 online, has been targetted in one of the latest rounds of phishing attacks. Compared to other attacks, such as the paypal one I mentioned recently, this one is quite rudimentary, but could be effective against some people. The initial email uses the BOI logo and phone number and calls upon users to login immediately as there has … [Read more...] about Bank of Ireland targetted by phishing scam