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Full Disclosure: Re: Re: Automated mass abuse of form mailers

Re: Re: Automated mass abuse of form mailers

From: Dave Korn <davek_throwaway_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:19:20 +0100

----Original Message----
>From: Aditya Deshmukh
>Message-Id:
!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAA0BKn9uKnWEeCDU7Vx+IAQ8KAAAAQA
AAAObbFSKrQek2M9ZEfGt0ItwEAAAAA_at_online.gateway.strangled.net

>>> Another address they use is bergkoch8_at_aol.com
>>> (noticed aol abuse about this, but I guess that's /dev/null)
>>
>> I'm going to start putting both those addresses into all
>> the unsubscribe
>> links I get in all my spam... >:->
>>
>
> This might be someones' 0wned email address.
>

  It _might_ be, but it's far more likely that they're using it as a dropbox
to test whether their spam is getting through and which scripts are
vulnerable, given the pattern of usage described by the OP.

    cheers,
      DaveK

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