For what it's worth, I'm definitely seeing an increase in volume over the weekend (double the spam, actually), and I believing it is tapering off already.
In addition to the volume of separate messages, the number of recipients is generally up. The messages look generally like the kind of jobs outsourced to spam gangs, who then create variations of the email. I haven't looked close enough to check whether the payload URLs are the same. YMMV... Andrew 8) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete McNeil Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 11:15 AM To: sniffer@sortmonster.com Subject: [sniffer] Spam Storm Alert Follow Up Hello sniffer, One other note before I go join the rule coders... Many of the new spam coming through are resurrecting old spam rules... I've seen this kind of thing before (which is why we have a deep-scan robot looking for this kind of activity), however I've not seen it in such numbers before. Something interesting is definitely going on. Thanks, _M Pete McNeil (Madscientist) President, MicroNeil Research Corporation Chief SortMonster (www.sortmonster.com) This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html
