binpoint.com » spam http://binpoint.com A Security Blog (Stirred with Geek Life) Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:33:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Spam is unpredictable http://binpoint.com/2008/11/spam-is-unpredictable/ http://binpoint.com/2008/11/spam-is-unpredictable/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:54:36 +0000 tom http://binpoint.com/?p=103
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    • ]]>     Does anyone remember when the FBI busted a major spam ring? Bravo to those boys for what must have been a tough job.

    Here's a pic of what a huge difference it made according to submissions to spamcop.net:

    Total spam report volume graph

    Hmmm, not much to see here.

    Today I saw an article in the Washington Post talking about how Web Host McColo was shutdown after being accused with spam activity. Here's this week's spamcop.net pic:

    Total spam report volume graph

    I leave it up to you the reader to determine which day and at what time McColo was voted off the island.

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