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Loading ...Spammer sees the light
By Joaquim P. Menezes -
Get a load of this: “Ed” - a ”reformed” spammer who at one time self-admittedly pulled in as much as $10,000 - $15,000 a week bombarding hapless individuals with unsolicited marketing e-mails peddling pills, porn, and sundry pleasures, is now doing the talk circuit.
Ed’s most effective tool for spewing spam - botnets.
See related video - TrendMicro CEO on fighting botnets:
According to media reports, his latest stop was London, England, where - on Wednesday - this retired spammer (who goes by pseudonyms “Ed” or “SpammerX”) waxed eloquent on the evils of his former profession.
The event was organized by IronPort Systems Inc., a security vendor now owned by Cisco Systems Inc.
Ed – we are to believe – is now a new man. Read the rest of this entry »
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(3 votes, average: 7 out of 10) Loading ...‘Rogue’ iphones causing chaos on campus?
- By Joaquim P. Menezes-
The Wi-Fi network at Duke’s University has been clogged following a volley of requests for MAC (Media Access Control) addresses, NetworkWorld is reporting.
The IT folk at the Durham, N.C. campus believe “rogue” iPhones are responsible for the problem.
They say that built-in Wi-Fi chips from several iPhones are flooding the university’s Cisco access points.
As there are apparently around 150 iPhones on campus, the impact is quite significant – as anywhere from a dozen to 30 wireless access points are being knocked out at a time.
Right now, though, the issue is more of an annoyance than a huge problem at Duke’s, as most students are on summer break outside the campus.
But, according to a senior IT official at the university, from August to May the wireless net is critical. Also, he says, if a good number of students return with iPhones this could exacerbate the problem. Read the rest of this entry »
