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Spam account frozen!
From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rmslade () shaw ca>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:03:14 -0800
"A fridge has been discovered sending out spam [as] one of more than 100,000 devices used to take part in the spam campaign." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25780908 (OK, yes, it's funny enough as a Friday posting, but the lack of security in most devices in the "Internet of things" is beginning to be a major concern.) (Someone asked, the other day, if, when the Internet of things is complete, it will be called the Thingternet ...) ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rslade () vcn bc ca slade () victoria tc ca rslade () computercrime org Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes? - Groucho Marx victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://www.infosecbc.org/links http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ http://twitter.com/rslade _______________________________________________ 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.
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