Re: Spam for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence @Home.

["Meritt James" <meritt_james () bah com>]

No, just the ones that use it.  and the subscribers to "free" ISP
services that use your computer without telling you  how,...

"Jay D. Dyson" wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>
> SourceForge, Apache, and now SETI@Home.
>
> Has everyone lost their freakin' MINDS here??
>
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/580466.asp
>
> Invaders exploit SETI@home
> Mischief-makers harvest e-mail addresses for mass mailing
> By Alan Boyle, MSNBC
>
>
> May 30 -- SETI@home, the program that searches through radio data for
> signs of extraterrestrial intelligence, was harnessed by a different breed
> of alien invaders, the project's leaders said Wednesday. Pranksters tapped
> into the multimillion-user database, made off with tens of thousands of
> e-mail addresses, then launched a spam attack over Memorial Day weekend.
> SETI@home says it has sealed the biggest security gap.
>
> . . .
>
>   (    (                                                          _______
>   ))   ))   .- "There's always time for a good cup of coffee" -.   >====<--.
> C|~~|C|~~| (>------ Jay D. Dyson -- jdyson () treachery net ------<) |    = |-'
>  `--' `--'  `---- "Get in.  Sit down.  Hold on.  Shut up." ----'  `------'
>
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> Version: 2.6.2
> Comment: See http://www.treachery.net/~jdyson/ for current keys.
>
> iQCVAwUBOxcEydCClfiU/BIVAQELgQP9HgIdKmsl24PrAYhMj63V0rWmk78uu2+p
> 4wNRjUXZCIaKnKxcNNNMqzHddL+eRlQCXaWLVhSYob0kfWaklNnG2523BszlqyPa
> u0NHjUDCjYun7Up5JQ0QUCZ/t+PWDZSrOqGY8zGAeodz0XZ2h7Z1OXtRyqoCfm68
> fXBBq2MQM1g=
> =B5XB
> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
>
> ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com
> ---
> To unsubscribe email isn-unsubscribe () SecurityFocus com.

-- 
James W. Meritt, CISSP, CISA
Booz, Allen & Hamilton
phone: (410) 684-6566

ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com
---
To unsubscribe email isn-unsubscribe () SecurityFocus com.