Re: Very organized phishing, DNS

Sebastian Gottschalk wrote:

Jem Berkes wrote:


So spammers now install DNS servers and distributed web servers on
hacked zombies? That's remarkable sophistication.

They don't even use commonly known IE exploits for spoofing, this is a
big lack of sophistication.

Yeah the appearance in the browser aside, the infrastructure they use to carry out these crimes is impressive. Considering it's ad hoc and the servers are running on stolen resources by remote control.


So far nothing special. The big botnets are somewhat larger than this
little application.

And this is why "I" feel it is important to bite tongues and assist the unknowledgeable that come looking for advice....like me....when they discover that things like netbios scan from xxxx.xx.xx.xx.ru happens daily and is not just interesting news.
Kinda like driving isn't it; no matter how safe you are the ignorant will get _you_ directly or indirectly.
Miffed
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