http://strat.in/2009/08/why-do-spammers-spam/ strategy, management and all that follows ... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:43:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://strat.in/2009/08/why-do-spammers-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-4061 Twitter Trackbacks for A look at SPAM – the underworld of the internet! - Strat. In [strat.in] on Topsy.com Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:12:54 +0000 http://strat.in/?p=2049#comment-4061 [...] link is being shared on Twitter right now. @stratin, an influential author, said Latest on strat.in- A [...] [...] link is being shared on Twitter right now. @stratin, an influential author, said Latest on strat.in- A [...]

]]> http://strat.in/2009/08/why-do-spammers-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-4052 shubham Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:36:39 +0000 http://strat.in/?p=2049#comment-4052 I think spammers are controlling more traffic on the internet than anything else. Everyday the number of spam emails that get into our mailboxes gives us a good idea of that. Thank god for gmail for buillding a good spam filter! I think spammers are controlling more traffic on the internet than anything else. Everyday the number of spam emails that get into our mailboxes gives us a good idea of that. Thank god for gmail for buillding a good spam filter!

]]> http://strat.in/2009/08/why-do-spammers-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-3938 Umang Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:37:53 +0000 http://strat.in/?p=2049#comment-3938 Spam is indeed a hard problem to solve but setting up spam bots is not as trivial as the article leads us to believe. Setting up botnets spanning several subnets requires expertise, otherwise DDoS attacks are quite easy to mitigate. 80% of the world spam comes from just 200 spam gangs [http://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/spammers.lasso]. With 20 million spam messages going for only $500, spamming is worthwhile only for botnets having hundreds of thousands of machines spread around on different ISPs, not university networks. Spam is indeed a hard problem to solve but setting up spam bots is not as trivial as the article leads us to believe. Setting up botnets spanning several subnets requires expertise, otherwise DDoS attacks are quite easy to mitigate. 80% of the world spam comes from just 200 spam gangs [http://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/spammers.lasso]. With 20 million spam messages going for only $500, spamming is worthwhile only for botnets having hundreds of thousands of machines spread around on different ISPs, not university networks.

]]> http://strat.in/2009/08/why-do-spammers-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-3931 abhiram Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:59:45 +0000 http://strat.in/?p=2049#comment-3931 Interesting read. Are there any cyber-crime laws against DoS attacks, especially on govt websites? Interesting read. Are there any cyber-crime laws against DoS attacks, especially on govt websites?

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