I used to do anti-phishing training for a start up. Spammers aren't dumb.
They probably realize 1.) People in academia trust other academics 2.) People from Stanford have more disposable income than the average mailing list recipient. :) -- Greg Norcie ([email protected]) GPG key: 0x1B873635 On 10/31/12 6:50 PM, Bernard Tyers - ei8fdb wrote: > At a risk of receiving the mentioned spam myself (thankfully my > mail provider also seems to be killing the spam before it gets to > me), and at risk of offering another evidence-less possible > scenario - > > There was recently a "valid" e-mail account that was somehow used > to send spam to the list. It's quite conceivable that account is > some way connected/has provided the beginning point. > > Or like the person from Stanford mentioned maybe the spam is > targeting a number of Stanford lists.... > > On 31 Oct 2012, at 22:41, Yosem Companys wrote: > >> Maybe. But the site was already mirrored for a while prior to >> the archives being made public. So I think that's unlikely. > >> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Andrew Lewis <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Maybe someone is simply scrapping the archives for the sender >>> address? >>> >>> >>> On Oct 31, 2012, at 6:36 PM, Sarah Watts wrote: >>> >>>> I am one of the...people it got; my email address was >>>> suddenly subscribed to more than thirty lists (Twenty maybe) >>>> none of which I subscribed to. >>>> >>>> I contacted someone...and have yet to do the second thing >>>> they suggested. >>>> >>>> -S >>>> >>>> On 10/31/12, S Vivek <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Greg: This seems to be happening in other lists at >>>>> Stanford, and so I won't be worried of a concerted effort >>>>> against the libtech listserv. We are working on it, and I >>>>> hope that we'll be able to handle it soon. >>>>> >>>>> Vivek >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ===== Program on Liberation Technology, Stanford >>>>> University http://liberationtechnology.stanford.edu >>>>> >>>>> C 149 Encina Hall 616 Serra St. Stanford, CA 94305 >>>>> >>>>> Phone: 1-801-784-8357, that is 1-801-S Vivek's! >>>>> >>>>> Blog: http://viveks.info >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Andy Isaacson >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 07:32:18PM -0400, Nadim Kobeissi >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> This mailing list has a spam problem (I'm receiving >>>>>>> nude photo >>>>>> attachments >>>>>>> now.) Admins: Please address! >>>>>> >>>>>> Hmmm, I'm not seeing this problem; I'm subscribed to >>>>>> liberationtech on a bog-standard linux + postfix >>>>>> installation and I save every message delivered before I >>>>>> run spam filtering, and I don't see anything >>>>>> porn-spam-related in my all-mail archive. >>>>>> >>>>>> Care to share one of the spam messages (headers + body >>>>>> text only, I don't need any more nude photos thnx)? >>>>>> Offlist is bettter I suppose. >>>>>> >>>>>> -andy -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change >>>>>> password at: >>>>>> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>>> -- >>>> Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: >>>> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >>> >>> -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: >>> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >> -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > -------------------------------------- Bernard / bluboxthief / > ei8fdb > > IO91XM / www.ei8fdb.org > > -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
