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Flint Hills Academy Email Breach: Spam Exploitation Incident Overview

The Flint Hills School, a prep academy in Oakton, Va., might seem an unlikely place to find an Internet spammer. But late last year, technicians at America Online were able to trace the origin of a new torrent of spam, or unsolicited e-mail advertisements, to the school's computer network. . .. The Flint Hills School, a prep academy in Oakton, Va., might seem an unlikely place to find an Internet spammer. But late last year, technicians at America Online were able to trace the origin of a new torrent of spam, or unsolicited e-mail advertisements, to the school's computer network . On further investigation, though, AOL determined that the spammers were not enterprising students or moonlighting teachers. Instead, a spam-flinging hacker -- who still has not been found -- had exploited a software vulnerability to use the school's computers to relay spam while hiding the e-mail's true origins. It was not an isolated incident. As spam has proliferated -- and with it the attempts by big Internet providers to block messages sent from the addresses of known spammers -- many mass e-mailers have become more clever in avoiding the blockades by aggressively bouncing messages off the computers of unaware third parties. The link for this article located at TheState is no longer available. . Uncover the methods cybercriminals utilize to transform unsuspecting systems into spam-sending hubs.. Flint Hills School, Internet Spam, Software Exploit, Network Security. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar%202 May 21, 2003 User Avatar LinuxSecurity.com Team Privacy
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Corporate Networks at Risk From Wireless Drive-By Spammers

'Warspammers' are taking advantage of unprotected wireless LANs to send out millions of junk emails. The proliferation of insecure corporate wireless networks is fuelling the growth of drive-by spamming, a security expert warned on Thursday. . .. 'Warspammers' are taking advantage of unprotected wireless LANs to send out millions of junk emails. The proliferation of insecure corporate wireless networks is fuelling the growth of drive-by spamming, a security expert warned on Thursday . Speaking at the First International Security Users Conference in London, Adrian Wright, managing director of Secoda Risk Management, warned that junk emailers are taking advantage of unprotected wireless local area networks to bombard email users with unsolicited and unwelcome messages. "These people simply drive up to a building armed with their pornographic email, log into the insecure wireless network, send the message to 10 million email addresses and then just drive away," said Wright. The link for this article located at ZDNet UK is no longer available. . 'Spam Raiders' are taking advantage of unsecured Wi-Fi networks to distribute countless unsolicited messages, representing a major risk.. Wireless Attacks, Email Exploitation, Network Security, Spam Risks. . Anthony Pell

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