On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Bram Cohen wrote: It appears that someone is having a little fun with iDefense's Vulnerability Contributor Program. An e-mail I got from from a third party looks exactly like the one below, and the iMoolah webpage is basically a rip of the iDefense page.
http://www.idefense.com/contributor.html Cheers! William Knowles [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I just got the following spam. I have no idea what their deal is, > anybody care to guess if it's an extortion group? > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 01:14:24 -0000 > From: iMoolah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: iMoolah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Exploits Contributor Program > > Greetingz, > > iMoolah is pleased to announce the official launch of its Exploits > Contributor Program (ECP). The ECP pays contributors very well for > the advance and exclusive notification of exploit code and malicious > code. > > iMoolah belives you might find our terms for contributing to the ECP > very attractive. The following provides answers to some basic > questions about the program: > > Q. How will it work? > A. iMoolah understands the majority of security researchers are paid > peanuts for publishing security research, and $400 for a fully > working unpublished exploit just doesn't cut it; rather, it could be > for any of a number of motivations, including the following: > > * MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY. Everyone's in it for a quick buck. > * Other more boring reasons that have nothing to do with moolah. > > The ECP is for those who may or may not want to have their research > made public to the Internet community, but who would definitely like > to be paid for doing the work. The compensation will depend, among > other things, on the following items: [...] *====================================================================* "Communications are the nervous system of the entire SAC organization, and their protection is therefore, of the greatest importance. I like to say that without communications, all I control is my desk, and that is not a very lethal weapon." --- General T.S. Power U.S.A.F ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key on request http://www.c4i.org/erehwon/ *====================================================================* --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]