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FraudWatchers.org offline permanently due to DDoS Attack |
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A sad state of affairs when antiscammers are shut down permanently due to distributed denial of service attacks. FraudWatchers.org it seems through our forums:
has closed shop for good due to the DDoS. But where the initiators of this attack go wrong is in thinking that their members will now all walk home "party's over" style. They'll regroup at the other anti-spam, anti-phishing and anti-fraud sites and they are going to be very angry and so - yes - the bot lamers' intentions are backfiring.
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DDoS's continue, 2 plus weeks |
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The distributed denial of service attack on both CastleCops and aa419 continue. Two plus weeks now straight against CastleCops. Both sites are not new to attacks of this kind, and especially for CC, its just a daily grind now. Continued thanks to our supporters and great kudos to ISC OARC.
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Its been an interesting last few months with respect to distributed denial of service (“DDoS”) attacks. Some noteworthy events:
1) Spread of DDoS to include Cyber-censorship and cyber-terrorism/war
In May 2007 either the biggest instance of cyber-terrorism, or the first instance of cyber-war occurred. The Estonian government moved a Russian World War 2 statue, amid huge protest from Russia and Russians within Estonia. Shortly afterwards, Estonian government websites, Estonian banks, and Estonian VoIP infrastructure were taken offline for a couple of weeks from DDoS attacks. The only way Estonia could get their sites back up was to block all traffic outside Estonia. Your readers may have read the headlines so no point re-hashing old info, but what didn’t make the news is that there were chat rooms in Russia promoting the download of software to have your laptop ‘join the attacking force against Estonia’ - first instance of volunteer DDoS recruitment that I've heard of.
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Spyware: CastleCops joins the Anti-Spyware Coalition |
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CastleCops has joined the Anti-Spyware Coalition. "We are pleased to welcome CastleCops as the newest member of the Anti-Spyware Coalition," said Ari Schwartz, deputy director of the Center for Democracy and Technology and coordinator of the ASC. "The strength of the ASC has always been built on the incredible commitment and deep knowledge base of its membership. The extensive experience and expertise of CastleCops and its volunteers will be a vital asset to the ASC moving forward."
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Beware!: Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation |
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Like any of us here are going to fall for this scam from a "mr daniel duke" to obtain $11 million dollars from an over reaching invoice. So I wonder who spends more time on a computer, the scammers or honest businessmen? The scam email follows...
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