[Mimedefang] Heads up - stock pump'n'dump SPAM as ZIP (actually RAR) attachments

[Paul Murphy]

>>> "David F. Skoll" <dfs at roaringpenguin.com> 31/07/2007 13:09 >>>
> Anyone else seeing a sudden increase in this stuff?

> Yes; we are.  We hold ZIP files, so none is getting through, but I
> guess we'll need a new rule to block them. :-(


Looks like the botnet which was producing them just got turned off - I haven't seen one for over 3 hours, when I was getting them every 10-15 minutes before.
 
May be signs of something to come?
 
Paul.
 
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