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| Busta999 |
 Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:23 am |
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I use a unique email id for this website and nowhere else.
Today I received PHISHING claiming to be internet security for LLOYDSTSB addressed to my Toppy.org.uk email address.
This site has been compromised, and is inadvertainly contributing to the SPAM mess we find ourselves in.
The real address was in Denmark. The easy way to spot these is check the link before following it, if the link is different from the visible one it will not be good.
Obviously DO NOT FOLLOW ANY LINKS IN THIS EMAIL, delete it. |
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| GTL |
| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:47 am |
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| nwhitfield |
| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:27 am |
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| Thread moved to the appropriate place... |
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| Sebby |
| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:30 pm |
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| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directory_Harvest_Attack |
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| Busta999 |
| Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:20 pm |
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Sebby wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directory_Harvest_Attack
Not relevant here, I own the domain, the only address used was toppy@-domainname-.com
Now that wouldn't be my first and only guess in an a DHA attack, so that means this site has been compromised.
Now my SPAM filtered picked this up and automatically trashed it.
My interest is in looking after the interests of the members of this forum who are not so saavy and have an expectation that the site has taken the appropriate precautions to prevent this kind of breach.
Obviously they have not as there has been no response to this post.
Pity I really hoped someone here might care.
Never mind, this is the internet after all who cares about his neighbour in cyberspace. |
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| R2-D2 |
| Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:35 pm |
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| Sebby |
| Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:35 pm |
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Perhaps because Nigel has responded to similar posts in the past. His response will, no doubt, be identical.
Seriously, I really don't think Nigel is in the spam business. You know sometimes you just get that feeling about someone? That's how I feel. |
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| nwhitfield |
| Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:08 pm |
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Indeed; as I've said before, a vulnerability was found; I believe that's now fixed.
If you have actual new information, that suggests that a compromise has occurred since the date on which I made the changes and reported here, then please share it.
I can spend my time typing the same thing over and over, but if you're not even going to read it the first time, I'm not sure what the point would be.
If I really didn't care, I'd have pretended nothing has ever happened, rather than eaten my words, and told people I believed some parts of the database had been compromised. |
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