Re: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams and Spams Knocked Offline (fwd)

[Brian Keefer <chort () smtps net>]

On Nov 11, 2008, at 7:52 PM, mike wrote:

> Since 11/5, my spam load has dropped from about 400,000 attempts  
> per day to less than 40,000 ! And most of this I had noted was  
> comming from what looked like compromised web hosts - eg: same host/ 
> domain name representing 10 or 20 addresses in any given range). I  
> am shocked at the sudden and dramatic downtick but also equally  
> delighted! Way to go!
>
>
> Gadi Evron wrote:
> > Via Security Fix.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > A U.S. based Web hosting firm that security experts say was  
> > responsible for
> > facilitating more than 75 percent of the junk e-mail blasted out  
> > each day
> > globally has been knocked offline following reports from Security  
> > Fix on
> > evidence gathered about criminal activity emanating from the network.


We noticed a very sudden 50% reduction yesterday.  Now to see how  
long it lasts...

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bk