RE: Massive increase in spam volume?

[Garneau.Marie-Josee () ic gc ca]

According to the SANS internet storm center, with all of the new
vulnerabilities, viruses, worms and exploit codes that has been recently
published, we should stay alert and expect increased network activity this
week.  They are asking for feedback may you encounter anything unusual
happening on your network. So far so good here, keeping an eye on my logs.

cheers!

-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Tolley [mailto:josh () raintreeinc com]
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 1:11 AM
To: Thamer Al-Harbash
Cc: incidents () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: Massive increase in spam volume?


Is there any particular pattern to the messages themselves? I'm thinking 
subject(s), particular headers, techniques for evading detection / 
confusing Bayesian filters, etc.?

- Josh Tolley

Thamer Al-Harbash wrote:
> I work at a large ISP in Canada and just a few hours ago we've
> experienced a massive increase in spam volume. The volume is so
> high it's bordering on being a denial of service attack.
>
> Does anyone know if there's a worm out in the wild currently
> doing this? I've confirmed with some of my collegues that other
> ISPs are also experiencing this.
>
> I'm interested in finding specific netblocks but the spam seems
> to be coming from everywhere.


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