Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-23 Thread Martin Gregorie
On Fri, 2012-11-23 at 02:25 +, Chih-Cherng wrote: > Martin Gregorie gregorie.org> writes: > > > > > On Tue, 2012-11-20 at 01:26 +, Chih-Cherng wrote: > > > > > Notification help raise victims' security > > > awareness, and motivate them to fix vulnerabilites within their computers. > >

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-22 Thread Chih-Cherng
Martin Gregorie gregorie.org> writes: > > On Tue, 2012-11-20 at 01:26 +, Chih-Cherng wrote: > > > Notification help raise victims' security > > awareness, and motivate them to fix vulnerabilites within their computers. > > > I have my doubts about this. I have friends who help at retiree'

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-21 Thread Lutz Petersen
> It would likely be a good idea to block IP's in this list from using > authenticated SMTP to relay not? Definitely not. We did so one week for testing. And had a lot of trouble with customers espacially using mobile/smartphones. Don't do this. This rbl does only make sense if you have diff

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-20 Thread Axb
On 11/21/2012 01:44 AM, Matt wrote: Spamhaus already do this. It's called the Exploits Block List (XBL): http://www.spamhaus.org/xbl/ To quote: The Spamhaus Exploits Block List (XBL) is a realtime database of IP addresses of hijacked PCs infected by illegal 3rd party exploits, including open p

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-20 Thread SM
At 16:44 20-11-2012, Matt wrote: authenticated SMTP to relay not? Is there a way in apache .htaccess to block access based on xbl.spamhaus.org? I want to block exploited IP's from webmail etc as well. http://www.lucaercoli.it/mod_spamhaus.html Regards, -sm

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-20 Thread Matt
> Spamhaus already do this. It's called the Exploits Block List (XBL): > > http://www.spamhaus.org/xbl/ > > To quote: > > The Spamhaus Exploits Block List (XBL) is a realtime database of IP > addresses of hijacked PCs infected by illegal 3rd party exploits, including > open proxies (HTTP, socks, An

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-20 Thread Robert A. Ober
On 11/20/12 4:51 PM, Dave Warren wrote: Don't get me wrong, outbound spam filtering is a great idea, but it should be done by the MSA, not at the ISP level as ISPs have no clue as to what type of activity is legitimate or not for a particular user.

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-20 Thread Ned Slider
On 20/11/12 20:26, Cathryn Mataga wrote: Easy enough to block #25 by default -- turn it on for anyone who asks. Indeed. I think the idea of a botnet black hole list is great, really. Spamhaus already do this. It's called the Exploits Block List (XBL): http://www.spamhaus.org/xbl/ To quo

Re: Stopping abusive machiens (was Re: How to report a spam botnet)

2012-11-20 Thread Dave Warren
On 11/20/2012 07:17, David F. Skoll wrote: Would you approve of a Ralph Nader-like approach of suing Microsoft for knowingly producing defective and insecure software? Detroit was shamed, bullied and sued into improving the safety of its cars; do you think that could work with Microsoft? Given

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-20 Thread Dave Warren
On 11/20/2012 04:29, Jason Ede wrote: However, ISP's blocking smtp ports for suspected spammers would help... Ideally they'd block all traffic on port 25 or 587 not sent through their SMTP engine which would do some basic spam checks... Please don't ever suggest blocking port 587. Using port

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-20 Thread Cathryn Mataga
On 11/20/2012 4:29 AM, Jason Ede wrote: However, ISP's blocking smtp ports for suspected spammers would help... Ideally they'd block all traffic on port 25 or 587 not sent through their SMTP engine which would do some basic spam checks... Easy enough to block #25 by default -- turn it on for

Re: Stopping abusive machiens (was Re: How to report a spam botnet)

2012-11-20 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
On 11/20/2012 12:37 PM, David F. Skoll wrote: Ignorance is no defence, at least in the UK. In Canada, ignorance of the law is no defence, but ignorance of the facts is. In other words, if you're completely ignorant of the fact that your computer is a botnet member, it could be a defence. I woul

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-20 Thread John Hardin
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012, Robert A. Ober wrote: On 11/20/12 6:29 AM, Jason Ede wrote: However, ISP's blocking smtp ports for suspected spammers would help... Ideally they'd block all traffic on port 25 or 587 not sent through their SMTP engine which would do some basic spam checks... ___

Re: Stopping abusive machiens (was Re: How to report a spam botnet)

2012-11-20 Thread David F. Skoll
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:09:27 + Ned Slider wrote: > >> Personally I'd like to see some large corporates go after some > >> infected home users in the courts for wilful damage. > > I think they'd lose. Most home users could make a compelling case > > that they were unaware of the infection an

Re: Stopping abusive machiens (was Re: How to report a spam botnet)

2012-11-20 Thread Ned Slider
On 20/11/12 15:17, David F. Skoll wrote: On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:10:57 + Ned Slider wrote: Personally I'd like to see some large corporates go after some infected home users in the courts for wilful damage. I think they'd lose. Most home users could make a compelling case that they were

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-20 Thread Martin Gregorie
On Tue, 2012-11-20 at 10:14 -0600, Robert A. Ober wrote: > Which might block my legitimate server and some of my clients who are on > Comcast Business. This has been brought up frequently but is a bad > idea. Too often folks in larger organizations forget about us little guys. > So you think

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-20 Thread Robert A. Ober
On 11/20/12 6:29 AM, Jason Ede wrote: However, ISP's blocking smtp ports for suspected spammers would help... Ideally they'd block all traffic on port 25 or 587 not sent through their SMTP engine which would do some basic spam checks... Which might block

Stopping abusive machiens (was Re: How to report a spam botnet)

2012-11-20 Thread David F. Skoll
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:10:57 + Ned Slider wrote: > Personally I'd like to see some large corporates go after some > infected home users in the courts for wilful damage. I think they'd lose. Most home users could make a compelling case that they were unaware of the infection and lacked the t

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-20 Thread Ned Slider
On 20/11/12 14:30, David F. Skoll wrote: On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:26:49 + Martin Gregorie wrote: Nah, prevent all connections except HTML and SMTP/POP3 to the ISPs help desk and set of 'clean your act up' pages, so they can't ignore the mess their computer is in. And have escalating charge

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-20 Thread David F. Skoll
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:26:49 + Martin Gregorie wrote: > Nah, prevent all connections except HTML and SMTP/POP3 to the ISPs > help desk and set of 'clean your act up' pages, so they can't ignore > the mess their computer is in. And have escalating charges for reinstating Internet access after

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-20 Thread Martin Gregorie
On Tue, 2012-11-20 at 12:29 +, Jason Ede wrote: > However, ISP's blocking smtp ports for suspected spammers would > help... Ideally they'd block all traffic on port 25 or 587 not sent > through their SMTP engine which would do some basic spam checks... > Nah, prevent all connections except HTM

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-20 Thread Tom Hendrikx
Message- >> From: Martin Gregorie [mailto:mar...@gregorie.org] >> Sent: 20 November 2012 11:29 >> To: users@spamassassin.apache.org >> Subject: Re: How to report a spam botnet >> >> On Tue, 2012-11-20 at 01:26 +, Chih-Cherng wrote: >> >>> No

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-20 Thread RW
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:29:00 + Jason Ede wrote: > However, ISP's blocking smtp ports for suspected spammers would > help... Ideally they'd block all traffic on port 25 or 587 not sent > through their SMTP engine which would do some basic spam checks... They shouldn't (and typically don't) bl

RE: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-20 Thread Jason Ede
.org] > Sent: 20 November 2012 11:29 > To: users@spamassassin.apache.org > Subject: Re: How to report a spam botnet > > On Tue, 2012-11-20 at 01:26 +, Chih-Cherng wrote: > > > Notification help raise victims' security awareness, and motivate them > > to fix vul

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-20 Thread Martin Gregorie
On Tue, 2012-11-20 at 01:26 +, Chih-Cherng wrote: > Notification help raise victims' security > awareness, and motivate them to fix vulnerabilites within their computers. > I have my doubts about this. I have friends who help at retiree's computer clubs and with disinfecting their friend's c

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-19 Thread Chih-Cherng
Michael Monnerie is.it-management.at> writes: > > [crosspost postfix-users and spamassassin-users] > > Am Sonntag, 18. November 2012, 14:08:08 schrieb Michael Monnerie: > > How should we report those IPs, is there a "anti botnet unit" > > somewhere? > > Lets concentrate back on the subject, I

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-19 Thread Ned Slider
On 19/11/12 06:18, Michael Monnerie wrote: [crosspost postfix-users and spamassassin-users] Am Sonntag, 18. November 2012, 14:08:08 schrieb Michael Monnerie: How should we report those IPs, is there a "anti botnet unit" somewhere? Lets concentrate back on the subject, I got this answer: nor

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-19 Thread Per-Erik Persson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 We are probably a little bit off topic here but it is an interesting subject. My experience is that reporting a suspected bot is only effective if the receiver is a larger university or similair institution. If some RBL provider wants to accept my li

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-19 Thread hamann . w
Michael Monnerie wrote: >> > normally it makes no sense to report botnets >> >> And this is what makes me worry. Botnets are todays biggest source of >> spam, and nobody has ever started to fight it really? There are tons of >> tools for every small issue, but nothing to cope with the biggest shi

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-19 Thread Robert Schetterer
Am 19.11.2012 07:18, schrieb Michael Monnerie: > [crosspost postfix-users and spamassassin-users] > > Am Sonntag, 18. November 2012, 14:08:08 schrieb Michael Monnerie: >> How should we report those IPs, is there a "anti botnet unit" >> somewhere? > > Lets concentrate back on the subject, I got t

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-18 Thread Axb
On 11/19/2012 07:18 AM, Michael Monnerie wrote: [crosspost postfix-users and spamassassin-users] Am Sonntag, 18. November 2012, 14:08:08 schrieb Michael Monnerie: How should we report those IPs, is there a "anti botnet unit" somewhere? Lets concentrate back on the subject, I got this answer:

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-18 Thread Michael Monnerie
[crosspost postfix-users and spamassassin-users] Am Sonntag, 18. November 2012, 14:08:08 schrieb Michael Monnerie: > How should we report those IPs, is there a "anti botnet unit" > somewhere? Lets concentrate back on the subject, I got this answer: > normally it makes no sense to report botnets

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-18 Thread Robert Schetterer
Am 18.11.2012 19:35, schrieb Robert Schetterer: > Am 18.11.2012 14:08, schrieb Michael Monnerie: >> We've got one users e-mail password hacked, and at the sime time a lot >> of different IPs started to use that address. Here is the list. How >> should we report those IPs, is there a "anti botnet

Re: How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-18 Thread Robert Schetterer
Am 18.11.2012 14:08, schrieb Michael Monnerie: > We've got one users e-mail password hacked, and at the sime time a lot > of different IPs started to use that address. Here is the list. How > should we report those IPs, is there a "anti botnet unit" somewhere? > What is the best way to fight it?

How to report a spam botnet

2012-11-18 Thread Michael Monnerie
We've got one users e-mail password hacked, and at the sime time a lot of different IPs started to use that address. Here is the list. How should we report those IPs, is there a "anti botnet unit" somewhere? What is the best way to fight it? 008.021.006.226 014.139.187.017 014.149.118.062 014.1