Spam: July 2006 Archives

I just saw this linked from the F-Secure blog. In an April 2006 article, the Computer Crime Research Organization reports sightings of Phish that prompt you to call an 800 number. Users may be appropriately suspicious of financial emails yet be less suspicious of a phone number. The 800 number prompted the user for their credit card number and security code.

When contacting your financial institution, it is best to rely on URLs and Phone numbers on your financial statement.

Ever want to block China or Korean spam?

Here's a site with list of IP blocks.

www.Blackholes.us is another site I've gone to in the past to find such lists.

The problem with these lists is IP blocks can be resold to another country so the maintainer needs to be really careful not to paint with too broad a brush.