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RE: Cellphone spam and terrorism
From: Blanchard_Michael () emc com
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:58:21 -0400
Or better (?) yet, That same 14 year old kid, accidentally sends to all cell phone e-mail addresses with a spammer program that substitutes <your cityname here> with the city the area code is from: FEMA & CDC ALERT For the greater <your cityname here> area!!! Anthrax attack in progress Evacuate <your cityname here> at once! Yikes, either message would cause widespread panic... Mike B Michael P. Blanchard Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, MCSE, MCP+I Office of Information Security & Risk Management EMC ² Corporation 4400 Computer Dr. Westboro, MA 01580 email: Blanchard_Michael () EMC COM -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Richard M. Smith Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 4:08 PM To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: [funsec] Cellphone spam and terrorism Imagine for a second if some 14-year old kid in Washington DC sent out the following text message to 50,000 cellphones in the DC area code: FEMA Alert: Anthrax attack in progress -- leave Washington at once. It's a really bad idea that cellphone email addresses are predictable. (ie., a cellphone email address is the same as the phone number) Richard -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of David Ulevitch Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 3:13 PM To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: [funsec] Thank you Rodney Joffe http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050921/ap_on_hi_te/cell_phone_spam _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
Current thread:
- RE: Cellphone spam and terrorism Blanchard_Michael (Sep 21)
- Re: Cellphone spam and terrorism Valdis . Kletnieks (Sep 21)
- Re: Cellphone spam and terrorism Valdis . Kletnieks (Sep 21)
- RE: Cellphone spam and terrorism Richard M. Smith (Sep 21)
- Re: Cellphone spam and terrorism David Dagon (Sep 21)
- Re: Cellphone spam and terrorism Valdis . Kletnieks (Sep 21)