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Wired News: Cloaking Device Made for Spammers
by Elonka at 11:46 am EDT, Oct 15, 2003 |
] According to Tubul, his group controls 450,000 "Trojaned"
] systems, most of them home computers running Windows with
] high-speed connections. The hacked systems contain
] special software developed by the Polish group that
] routes traffic between Internet users and customers'
] websites through thousands of the hijacked computers. The
] numerous intermediary systems confound tools such as
] traceroute, effectively laundering the true location of
] the website. To utilize the service, customers simply
] configure their sites to use any of several domain-name
] system servers controlled by the Polish group, Tubul
] said. According to the article, this may have been one of the original purposes of the Sobig worm. |
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RE: Wired News: Cloaking Device Made for Spammers
by bucy at 12:45 pm EDT, Oct 15, 2003 |
Elonka wrote:
] ] According to Tubul, his group controls 450,000 "Trojaned"
] ] systems, most of them home computers running Windows with
] ] high-speed connections. The hacked systems contain
] ] special software developed by the Polish group that
] ] routes traffic between Internet users and customers'
] ] websites through thousands of the hijacked computers. The
] ] numerous intermediary systems confound tools such as
] ] traceroute, effectively laundering the true location of
] ] the website. To utilize the service, customers simply
] ] configure their sites to use any of several domain-name
] ] system servers controlled by the Polish group, Tubul
] ] said. These people should go to prison! |
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