Re: Strange mail with number in subject line and body

["Jamie Riden" <jamesr () europe com>]

On 06/06/06, paul.johnson8 () gmail com <paul.johnson8 () gmail com> wrote:
> We have received a few strange emails (from Korea and France) which
> lists a three character number in the subject line and a different
> three digit character number in the body, no attachments.
>
> The sender (from field) has been spoofed and displays the receivers
> name (to field).
>
> I did a search on google but could not find any further information.
> Has any seen or know where/why these emails are being received?  Maybe
> a sdbot infection on zombie PC?

It's mentioned in the ISC diary today - I got one too, but I haven't
seen any good theories about what it is. It could just be a mistake on
behalf of the spammers.

If you feel like it, you could note the IP address it originated from
and look it up at openrbl.org to see which, if any, block lists the IP
is in. if it's in the CBL or Spamhaus XBL, that usually indicates a
compromised host.

cheers,
Jamie
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Jamie Riden / jamesr () europe com / jamie.riden () computer org
NZ Honeynet project - http://www.nz-honeynet.org/

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