Re: About spamb strange characters

[Joe Stewart <jstewart () lurhq com>]

On Tuesday 13 May 2003 09:20 am, Eric LeBlanc wrote:

> Each time, I receive 2 spam in 10 seconds (sometime 3 spam).  If I check
> the header, it's ALWAY from 2 different hosts.  For example, one from usa
> and chinese...
>
> Now, my question: they use a relay-bot spams ? (think DDoS with zombies
> (trojans), but for spammers..)

That's exactly what they are doing. I wrote a paper on one of the methods they
use, which is proxy servers installed by the Sobig.a virus (which is still in
active circulation). See: http://www.lurhq.com/sobig.html

-Joe

-- 
Joe Stewart, GCIH 
Senior Intrusion Analyst
LURHQ Corporation
http://www.lurhq.com/

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