Mail campaign claims to promote spam fighters.
Spam-fighting organisation
Spamhaus
has been subjected to an attack on its reputation this week, with a sizeable campaign of spams containing promotional information about the company and the services it provides.
The ‘Joe-Job’ emails come from faked sender addresses and use typically nonsensical, randomly generated subject lines, but the body of the mail contains genuine information about the
Spamhaus Project
, gathered from its website. The messages contain no web or email addresses for
Spamhaus
, but appear to be an attempt to DDoS the project’s Geneva-based phone lines and postbag.
The attack is the latest in a string of attacks on the organisation, including several such mail campaigns and a long-running DDoS bombardment, but is notable for the size of the spam run. Some information on attacks suffered by
Spamhaus
is
here
, and spam-watchers have blogged on the latest campaign
here
(at
McAfee
) and
here
(at
Sophos
).
Posted on 10 July 2007 by
Virus Bulletin
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