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RE: MS Security Bulletin doing email harvesting?
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 15:26:40 -0400
The domain m0.net is owned by Digital Impact. They are email marketing company. Microsoft probably hired them to do some sort of email marketing campaign. The URL you ran across is for a Web bug. Digital Impact put it in the email message to see if the email message was ever opened. Marketers like to know if there messages are actually being looked at. Sounds like the error message is coming from Outlook 2003 which has a new Web bug blocking feature in it. Pretty funny that Microsoft got caught by their own security improvements. ;-) Here's more about Web bugs and Outlook 2003: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-964166.html Richard -----Original Message----- From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com [mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of Kyp Durron Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 2:17 PM To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com Subject: [Full-disclosure] MS Security Bulletin doing email harvesting? I get this email today that says it's from windowssecurity () email microsoft com. It looks legit so I go to forward it to someone I know and Outlook 2003 pops an error message that I attached. I look at the HTML and it's trying to pull the following URL. http://www.m0.net/m/logopen02.asp?vid=1102&catid=9707637645&ecid=0 I go to www.m0.net and it's a mass marketing site. ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# ##### ##### ##### ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# ##### ##### ##### ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- MS Security Bulletin doing email harvesting? Kyp Durron (Aug 04)
- RE: MS Security Bulletin doing email harvesting? Richard M. Smith (Aug 04)
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- RE: MS Security Bulletin doing email harvesting? Schmehl, Paul L (Aug 04)