Re: [mailop] About to blacklist Marketo - has anyone received non-spam from them?

2019-05-28 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2019-05-28 12:00 p.m., Michael Wise via mailop wrote: "Unsolicited Email is defined as email sent to persons other than (i) persons with whom Customer has an existing business relationship, OR (ii) persons who have consented to the receipt of such email, including publishing or providing

Re: [mailop] Microsoft blacklisting a /16

2019-06-05 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
ppy to take this off-list. Kind regards Bastiaan van den Berg - Hetzner Online GmbH Am 05.06.2019 um 16:37 schrieb Michael Peddemors via mailop: > Hehehe.. how does that saying going about the "pot calling the kettle > black&qu

Re: [mailop] Microsoft blacklisting a /16

2019-06-05 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Hehehe.. how does that saying going about the "pot calling the kettle black"? But aside from comments about what people are saying about Azure It really is when those /28's start firing up on your network.. I would 'like' to say it is a problem with vetting new customers, however I

[mailop] And so the week starts ;)

2019-06-17 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Got several of these today.. Looks like a fairly easy fake Interac to detect. Sending to stripped addresses off of web pages from the look of it.. Probably compromised accounts/computers, but still.. Try to squeek time this week to send a more friendly catch up email.. -- Michael --

[mailop] *DOH* Mondays.. Sorry, that was meant to be offlist..

2019-06-17 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Too many hats today. and too many hours sorry about that.. Still several hours of work in front of me.. -- "Catch the Magic of Linux..." Michael Peddemors, President/CEO LinuxMagic Inc. Visit us at

Re: [mailop] Howto be a good mailop (best practice / insights wanted)

2019-05-13 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2019-05-10 4:21 a.m., Laura Atkins via mailop wrote: You don’t need to separate your transactional and your marketing mail on different IPs because the filters aren’t using IPs as the unique mail identifier. I would suggest that you 'might' have a point when it comes to the bigger

Re: [mailop] OVH Bulk Mailer? Anyone know this one?

2019-05-21 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Don't get me started on OVH IP Space. Aside from all the blocks delegated with no rwhois, hiding behind GDPR as an excuse not to provide information on the operator.. Aside from known spammers where the domains are so obviously used for fraud. Aside from the poor OVH abuse handling. Just

Re: [mailop] DigitalOcean calling for social media s* storm? (Re: Why is it so hard to have takedown's performed..)

2019-04-29 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
If you follow any of the white hat groups, or security researchers, you will see a lot of them already doing it with little or no effect.. (Which means of course people stop bothering to report it) However, a little birdie told me that certain government agencies are finally waking up and

Re: [mailop] DigitalOcean calling for social media s* storm? (Re: Why is it so hard to have takedown's performed..)

2019-04-29 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2019-04-29 8:18 a.m., Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. via mailop wrote: I wonder if we should*all* tweet to them, including the hashtag #DigitalOceanHostsBadGuys ?;-) When Anne suggests something like this.. ;) Done! -- "Catch the Magic of Linux..."

Re: [mailop] DigitalOcean calling for social media s* storm? (Re: Why is it so hard to have takedown's performed..)

2019-04-29 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2019-04-29 7:58 a.m., Michael Rathbun via mailop wrote: On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 07:26:23 -0700, Michael Peddemors via mailop wrote: PS, pgHammer went quiet yesterday.. either someone caught/killed his C server, or the actor realized that there was too much attention on the activity

Re: [mailop] DigitalOcean calling for social media s* storm? (Re: Why is it so hard to have takedown's performed..)

2019-04-29 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2019-04-29 8:37 a.m., Michael Peddemors via mailop wrote: On 2019-04-29 8:18 a.m., Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. via mailop wrote: I wonder if we should*all*  tweet to them, including the hashtag #DigitalOceanHostsBadGuys ?;-) When Anne suggests something like this.. ;) Done! Speaking

Re: [mailop] DigitalOcean calling for social media s* storm? (Re: Why is it so hard to have takedown's performed..)

2019-04-29 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
very email exists and is valid ;) Just kidding, why let them use valuable resources.. PPS, You know the IP(s) can change at any time ;) On 2019-04-29 3:40 p.m., Carl Byington via mailop wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Mon, 2019-04-29 at 09:12 -0700, Michael Peddemors via ma

[mailop] Want to know why Country Auth Blocking is important for your customers?

2019-06-28 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Spot checking one bot net operating on compromised routers, one country that really has a problem that needs to be addressed.. last 30 minutes on ONE server.. All SMTP AUTH attacks against port 587.. The percentage of compromised routers on these networks is staggering..

Re: [mailop] HEADER LENGTH as per RFC2822

2019-08-20 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2019-08-20 12:45 p.m., John Levine via mailop wrote: In article <530230574.3626402.1566296780...@ss002889.tauri.ch> you write: -=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=- Not quite, RFC5322 section 2.2.3 explicitly states at the end of the paragraph: "An unfolded header field has no length restriction and

Re: [mailop] Weird blocking by outlook.com (S3150)

2019-08-22 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
+1 But now if we can ONLY get Amazon, GoogleCloud, and Azure to start doing the same thing ;) Still far too many bad actors relying on the network being 'too big to block' and very loose SWIP/rwhois. On 2019-08-22 8:41 a.m., Laura Atkins via mailop wrote: In my experience, when the bounce

[mailop] Another example of why infosec people give up on reporting..

2019-08-31 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/engage/cars By the time you finished filling all the fields out, and hit submit it tells you the recaptcha has expired and to 'reload the page', and of course with it all the information you just spent 10 minutes filling in.. *sigh* Meh! just

Re: [mailop] Weird blocking by outlook.com (S3150)

2019-08-23 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2019-08-23 12:45 a.m., Benoit Panizzon via mailop wrote: 157.161.0.0/16 is a 'legacy', pre RIPE range which is exempt from the RIPE requirement to register customer allocations. Just because it is exempt, doesn't mean you can't take the opportunity to be a good netizen, and operate a

[mailop] Hey MailJet Admin's.. Targeted Phishing against your customers..

2019-08-21 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Fake Account reactivation notices circulating.. Return-Path: Subject: Mailjet - Re-Activate your account They are hot linking to https://app.mailjet.com/images/email/transac/fb.png (Could always change that image to 'This is a Scam' ;) http://gtpx.mjt.lu/lnk https://farmforkitchen/m My

Re: [mailop] SpamCop and listwashing

2019-08-27 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2019-08-27 10:07 a.m., Jay Hennigan via mailop wrote: Don't use Spamcop then. Send your complaints directly to the abuse desk. Let us know if it does any good. While overall great comments, we all have to realize the frustration of those involved in sending reports 'directly' as well..

Re: [mailop] Emailed notifications from facebook failing SPF checks

2019-07-25 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Speaking about Facebook.. wish they standardized naming conventions .. They seem to also have a real problem with sending to invalid email addresses, of course with their size it could simply be thousands of ppl with fat fingers but.. Would be nice to clearly know the behavioral differences

Re: [mailop] Who is Secutec.BE?

2019-07-25 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Judging by the quick google, business been around since 2004, and pushing secure DNS services now.. Seems's I have heard their name around... Linked in shows about 56 employees.. Are the reasons related to the obvious ransom ware still leaking out your network? (Oh, just giving you a hard

Re: [mailop] Lawsuit to watch: Tulsi v. Google

2019-07-26 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Thanks Ann for sharing, And you are right, this "could" be opening a scary can of worms for 'anyone' who is or has control or influence on delivering messages of any type, (eg Twitter, Spam Filtering companies, etc). During the last election this was a concern, Democrats complaining

Re: [mailop] Best Re-engagement Email

2019-09-19 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2019-09-19 8:35 a.m., Al Iverson via mailop wrote: Thus there are three categories of subscriber responses: - Clicked on unsub link or "no" button. Stop mailing. - Clicked on opt-in link or "yes" button. Continue mailing. - Did nothing. Send one reminder mail asking them again to opt-in in

[mailop] Anyone else seeing strange FastMail/Return Path FBL reports this monring?

2019-09-24 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Seeing reports dated as of Aug 31, purportedly from our IP(s), however the attachments show obviously that the source was not from our IP(s). Headers look totally messed up, but for instance getting reports to us, that originated from A2 Hosting through MailChannels.. back on Aug 31.. Yet

Re: [mailop] Anyone else seeing strange FastMail/Return Path FBL reports this monring?

2019-09-24 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
to the bottom of this. One of my colleagues will reach out to you off list. Regards, Adrian On 24 Sep 2019, at 15:12, Michael Peddemors via mailop wrote: Seeing reports dated as of Aug 31, purportedly from our IP(s), however the attachments show obviously that the source was not from our

[mailop] It's always the long weekends that the hackers work the hardest..

2019-11-11 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Quiet Holiday Monday.. Lest We Forgot.. Compromise IoT devices: But it seems that the Emotet guys went into full gear on a spam run this weekend, unlikely to affect most people other than adding load to the servers, or perform list washing.. but the big jump is noticable.. this one report

[mailop] Anyone from t-online.de online?

2019-10-30 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Just thought I would pass on the nature of a spam outbreak we are seeing from them... Please reach out off list.. -- "Catch the Magic of Linux..." Michael Peddemors, President/CEO LinuxMagic Inc. Visit us at

Re: [mailop] Suggestions for VPS providers in Europe?

2019-12-02 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2019-12-02 4:53 p.m., Steve Holdoway via mailop wrote: December 3, 2019 1:46 PM, "Luis E. Muñoz via mailop" wrote: On 2 Dec 2019, at 15:59, John Levine via mailop wrote: I warned a guy away from Hetzner and OVH if he wants to send mail so > he reasonably asked what VPS provider in Europe

[mailop] Question from our Spam Auditors.. X-HM-Spam flag, any value?

2019-12-11 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Anyone know if there is any value in the X-HM-Spam-Status values? It isn't a base64 string, so it must be a proprietary string, but wondering if it actually has any value for receivers, to see if 163.com has already flagged the outgoing message as likely spam.. Received: from

Re: [mailop] G-Suite removing LSA functionality

2019-12-16 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Thanks Al for posting this.. As a rule, everyone should be deprecating port 110/143 for authentication and using the SSL/TLS versions.. Hopefully, this will help convince all other ISP's to at least do that. -- Michael -- And of course, a quick pitch on email clients should consider

Re: [mailop] ASN Reputation lists, was Re: Gmail marking email from me as spam

2019-10-21 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Speaking of Hetzner, any comments on the recent spat of widespread usage of the amazon.com, 163.com, jobs.com on your networks? Are these compromises, bad sign-ups, or some actual other usage patterns? On 2019-10-21 6:51 a.m., Hetzner Blacklist via mailop wrote: My job involves (trying to)

Re: [mailop] ASN Reputation lists, was Re: Gmail marking email from me as spam

2019-10-22 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2019-10-22 8:26 a.m., Hetzner Blacklist via mailop wrote: Bad sign-ups, there's been an uptick of that in the past ~2 weeks. We usually find and kick them out within a few hours, but if you see anything showing up in your logs for more than 24 hours, you're very welcome to contact me. Am

[mailop] [FOR THE RECORD] Large Scale Windows Bot traffic..

2019-11-26 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Just in case you are wondering about a large increase in DUL sourced spam overnight, (and of course, most systems probably stop the bulk of it), it appears to be a Windows based bot, that is sending.. MAIL FROM: @marketplace.amazon.in Interestingly, no SPF records for "marketplace.amazon.in"

[mailop] Black Friday Weekend Special (I mean my weekly observations)

2019-11-29 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
While it is a wonderful long weekend for our friends in the US, the rest of us have probably been working, instead of shopping and often that work is dealing with the increase in both spam and bulk marketing, and often phishing hiding in both.. usually long weekends are favorite times for the

Re: [mailop] Best strategy to prune address list

2019-11-23 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2019-11-23 11:05 a.m., Tom Ivar Helbekkmo via mailop wrote: "Rolf E. Sonneveld via mailop" writes: What would be a good strategy for this customer to update his list of contacts? In the olden days, one would simply write a script, using expect(1) or similar, to go through the addresses,

Re: [mailop] Gmail marking email from me as spam

2019-10-07 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2019-10-07 8:18 a.m., Paul Smith via mailop wrote: On 07/10/2019 15:47, Graeme Fowler via mailop wrote: Also you're on OVH, about which a quick look through the list's archives will possibly prove instructive. It's reasonably likely (as likely as not) that you're running on an IP in a

Re: [mailop] Gmail marking email from me as spam

2019-10-07 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Hehe.. don't feel bad, we have even seen receipts for our Spam Protection product(s) end up in their spam folders sometimes.. If it isn't because you are missing an SPF record for your domain, it is likely content.. we can send the same message with a few lines stripped and it will get

Re: [mailop] Gmail marking email from me as spam

2019-10-07 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2019-10-07 8:43 a.m., Scott Techlist via mailop wrote: I'm watching this thread with a lot of interest. I believe I saw where the OP was referred here on the Postfix list where those guys expected the OP to get some more technical help instead of get a better rep :) Recently my server has

[mailop] Anyone noticing the large scale spam outbreaks from Linode over the long weekend?

2019-10-14 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Either it is a 'bounce' attack, or extensive compromises across their networks.. EHLO command received, args: li195-97.members.linode.com MAIL command received, args: FROM:<> BODY=8BITMIME Doesn't really bother us, nothing getting to in boxes, but pretty extensive. You might want to be a

Re: [mailop] mailbox auth for system integration

2020-02-10 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2020-02-10 11:47 a.m., Jesse Thompson via mailop wrote: On 2/7/20 6:31 PM, Brandon Long via mailop wrote: On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 4:07 PM Philip Paeps via mailop mailto:mailop@mailop.org>> wrote:     __     On 2020-02-07 15:51:22 (-0800), Philip Paeps wrote:     On 2020-02-07

Re: [mailop] Ideas for possible content for FAQ: "Best Practices for running a mail server"

2020-02-25 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2020-02-25 3:12 a.m., Simon Lyall via mailop wrote: Thank you for all the suggestions. I've put together a couple of pages: https://www.mailop.org/faq/ https://www.mailop.org/best-practices/ as a start. What do people think needs to be added or changed? Simon. Mailop Admin Team. Thanks

Re: [mailop] Any idea who wrote 'Spam Lawsuits: What's the Worst that Can Happen?' ?

2020-02-26 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
No, but that is a valuable list that can show the 'why' of real fines/levies. Be nice if they included a few Canadian examples https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-crtc-levies-fines-against-two-companies-under-canadas-anti-spam-law/ https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/DNCL/dnclc_2019.htm

Re: [mailop] AT Block - abuse_...@abuse-att.net still valid?

2020-02-26 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
host 192.158.224.5 5.224.158.192.in-addr.ARPA domain name pointer server.divebums.com host -t TXT divebums.com divebums.com descriptive text "v=spf1 ip4:192.158.224.5 ip4:174.36.50.170 ip4:192.110.160.37 +ip4:168.235.104.229 ip4:192.158.224.5 a mx -all" NetRange: 192.158.224.0 -

Re: [mailop] Ideas for possible content for FAQ: "Best Practices for running a mail server"

2020-02-26 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Hehe.. another one.. (You think it would be self obvious) When you talk about transparency, the idea is that the domain in the PTR should have a URL, where contact information related to abuse for/from that domain can be found.. 97.107.24.93x1 1.outbound1.email-aeg.com 97.107.24.95

Re: [mailop] Sendgrid strikes again; zendesk, actually

2020-03-01 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
But yes, in general... SendGrid is letting a lot more obvious spam slip out.. Received: by filter1485p1las1.sendgrid.net with SMTP id filter1485p1las1-8217-5E5BDA86-2 2020-03-01 15:53:42.040986297 + UTC m=+2053389.093756661 Received: from [23.83.134.244] (unknown [23.83.134.244])

Re: [mailop] not certs, please was whose address

2020-01-27 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2020-01-27 10:04 a.m., John Levine via mailop wrote: In article <20200127101751.ga2...@rafa.eu.org>, Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop wrote: If we are at this topic, I wonder since long time why none, literally none publicly available Internet service where users' private data is stored and needs

[mailop] [CHANGE TOPIC] Insecure Email Authentication

2020-01-27 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
And of course I TOTALLY forgot to discuss the implications of credential phishing... Um.. SendGrid.. Return-Path: @sendgrid.net> Received: from xvfrqpfv.outbound-mail.sendgrid.net (HELO xvfrqpfv.outbound-mail.sendgrid.net) (168.245.67.248) From: "Mailbox" Subject: Action Required: Important

Re: [mailop] [EXTERNAL] viva.com.do postmaster

2020-02-04 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
UCE-PROTECT-2 and UCE-PROTECT-3 to be more precise.. It might be that you have bad 'neighbours'. inetnum: 190.8.32/20 status: allocated aut-num: N/A owner: Trilogy Dominicana, S.A. ownerid: DO-CEDO-LACNIC responsible: Packet Core address: 30 de marzo, 30, - address:

[mailop] Trends for the week.. Happy Friday!

2020-01-31 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Well, as usual the only thing you can say is that it is not usual. Interestingly, a strong drop in the number of spam emails sent from botnets on IoT devices, compromised routers, etc. In general, it reflects a growing trend for spammers to move to alternative methods. This week, in a

Re: [mailop] Remarkable longevity of AWS-hosted spamming operation

2020-02-08 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Interestingly, (And yes, it has been happening a long time) We just engaged on this issue (and others) with senior members of their abuse team. First reported to Amazon on November 27th, but this is a great example why we escalated to senior members responsible. Aside from slow take down

Re: [mailop] [EXTERNAL] Re: [FEEDBACK] whose address, was Approach to dealing with List Washing services, industry feedback..

2020-01-23 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Too bad so many email client softwares have developed a bad reputation for when they ask for 'Access to your contacts', doing far too much with that information.. Even me, accidentally have posted a message to the mailing list, when meant to send to an individual. But it is helpful, whether

Re: [mailop] [FEEDBACK] whose address, was Approach to dealing with List Washing services, industry feedback..

2020-01-23 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
I often speak on this topic to ISP's, and I remind them, never argue with your customer on what is spam, and what isn't spam.. Sure, block/mark the 99% that is pretty obvious and fits everyone's definition of spam, by let your USERS decide on the fringe cases.. "If a message is in the spam

Re: [mailop] Uptick in live.com blocks from AWS 1/20

2020-01-30 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2020-01-30 6:50 a.m., rps462 via mailop wrote: "Please contact your Internet service provider since part of their network is on our blocklist (S3140). You can also refer your provider to http://mail.live.com/mail/troubleshooting.aspx#errors.; I have an ISP based out of AWS that has been

Re: [mailop] [EXTERNAL] Re: [FEEDBACK] whose address, was Approach to dealing with List Washing services, industry feedback..

2020-01-23 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2020-01-23 3:26 p.m., Michael Wise via mailop wrote: Or at the very least, hover over should show all the details. And yeah, never take the Friendly From, 822 From, or 821 Mail From for Granite. Aloha, Michael. How long do I have to hover my finger over the screen before it shows the

Re: [mailop] Opinions? Email Abuse over TOR Network? (spamtraps)

2020-02-21 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
For the record, (just back from M3AAWG, what a great event) AUTH attacks from Tor networks ARE a thing. While it might seem that the number of attacks from Tor Nodes, vs legitimate AUTH requests from people that like using Tor for everything is really one sided.. (Don't get me wrong, even

[mailop] Might want to check if any of these are your domains.. Digital Ocean Forgeries?

2020-01-16 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
A new round of Digital Ocean badness appears to be starting up... Thought it worth the heads up.. (Eg, SendGrid) Of course, these are probably phishing attempts.. Fake Bounce mails.. Fake Pill Spammer, really spammy format.. Malformed headers etc.. But might affect your reputations.. ongoing

Re: [mailop] Might want to check if any of these are your domains.. Digital Ocean Forgeries?

2020-01-16 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Oh, and forgot to mention the payload.. https://storage.googleapis.com/rr-m/insta%20oth%20o.html;> On 2020-01-16 8:32 a.m., Michael Peddemors via mailop wrote: A new round of Digital Ocean badness appears to be starting up... Thought it worth the heads up.. (Eg, SendGrid) Of cou

Re: [mailop] Contact at networksolutions.com

2020-01-17 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2020-01-16 2:39 p.m., Frank Bulk via mailop wrote: We and our customers occasionally get email from netoworksolutions.com as it pertains to their services. I noticed that their domain name has two different kinds of SPF errors -- anyone know anyone in their mail or DNS operations that can

Re: [mailop] [FEEDBACK] Approach to dealing with List Washing services, industry feedback..

2020-01-17 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2020-01-16 11:16 p.m., M. Omer GOLGELI via mailop wrote: Guess that is exactly why I don't add a whitelist rule to Facebook mails and let them rot in Quarantine boxes. If they send to unverified, non-existing users without content, no matter where it is from, they are spam. Especially when

[mailop] Rackspace/SenderScore personnel here can comment on this?

2020-01-02 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Our team received an alert message, but that ended up in the spam folder.. Out of curiosity had them look at it, originally assumed is was the attached message that triggered it.. but ended up being the FBL message itself. The header from is :feedbackl...@rackspacefbl.senderscore.net",

[mailop] [FEEDBACK] Approach to dealing with List Washing services, industry feedback..

2020-01-03 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Our team is discussing this internally, and curious about others position on addressing list washing services.. Some are better than others of course, identifying themselves correctly.. But then there are those on Digital Ocean or AWS that use throwaway domains, or no clear identifiers..

[mailop] Happy New Year for 2020, and some things to look forward to..

2019-12-31 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Hi All, This is my last friendly post for 2019, as you know I like to occasionally remark on the state of things and what we see as emerging trends that our Spam Auditing team picks up.. For those who don't want to read the whole thing, this is my chance to wish EVERYONE a very prosperous

[mailop] Just an update of what we are seeing this week..

2020-03-10 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
It is a shame that even the IETF has fallen victim to the threats of CORVID-19, and had to cancel their in-person meetings in Vancouver, but in the spirit, wanted to remind everyone that we can still help move discussions around email security forward, without meeting in person. On that note,

[mailop] Weekly Update on SpamAuditor reports

2020-04-17 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
About to go into another weekend, so a good time to post an update on what our spam auditing team is seeing in the wild this week. * SendGrid compromised accounts sending phishing Seeing a lot more cases of this occurring again, mostly phishing attacks. * Amazon forged domain spam.. seeing

Re: [mailop] contact at google

2020-04-17 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Understand your frustration, especially when the big guys don't SWIP (or rwhois) very clearly... NetRange: 172.253.0.0 - 172.253.255.255 CIDR: 172.253.0.0/16 NetName:GOOGLE NetHandle: NET-172-253-0-0-1 Parent: NET172 (NET-172-0-0-0-0) NetType:Direct

Re: [mailop] Hotmail blacklist

2020-04-21 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
I notice that you are using an AWS address.. NetRange: 52.0.0.0 - 52.31.255.255 CIDR: 52.0.0.0/11 NetName:AT-88-Z NetHandle: NET-52-0-0-0-1 Parent: NET52 (NET-52-0-0-0-0) NetType:Direct Allocation OriginAS: Organization: Amazon Technologies Inc.

Re: [mailop] Reputation issues with Microsoft for new sending IPs

2020-03-25 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Once again, always best to include an ACTUAL IP address in your first email, so it can be addressed in the most timely manner. For the record, one thing is that we hear about mailchimp customers saying that they have a 'dedicated' IP address, however they still have the generic PTR records..

[mailop] Weekend Tidbit.. Followup..

2020-03-28 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Just so everyone is aware, bad guys operating on Amazon? Recent new activity, all from EC2 space, forging gmail, msn, marketwatch, legacy, and many other brands.. Wide Spread, hundreds of IP(s).. Unless of course they all moved to Amazon ;) Nmap scan report for

[mailop] Happy Friday.. NOT! It's an outbreak day..

2020-03-27 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Hi All, A short form version of my weekly 'lay of the land' email, and might be a little quiet the next two weeks Early reports show a huge increase in compromised email account spam, and from first appearances it looks like a well know control panel (cPanel) was targeted for this one..

[mailop] Weekly Report a little early this week, from the Spam Auditors

2020-04-30 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Just another update, on what our spam auditing team is seeing as trends This week, notable activity that our teams are seeing... * Amazon AWS abuse continues, pretty obvious spammers You would think that when 500-1000 IP(s) are detected each day that Amazon would worry about running out of

Re: [mailop] Weekly Report a little early this week, from the Spam Auditors

2020-04-30 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2020-04-30 3:07 p.m., Andrew C Aitchison wrote: On Thu, 30 Apr 2020, Michael Peddemors via mailop wrote: Just another update, on what our spam auditing team is seeing as trends ... * o265 leakage Have they lost a century ? Naw, according to the recent US CERT notice, since people

Re: [mailop] SendGrid Abuse unresponsive

2020-05-05 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Since on the topic of SendGrid.. Received: from dhl.com (unknown) by geopod-ismtpd-2-1 (SG) with ESMTP id yXjQUIVNTmWUp86G27YZTw for ; Tue, 05 May 2020 10:02:57.886 + (UTC) From: DHL Express Subject: Shipment Arrival Notice. Date: Tue, 05 May 2020 10:02:57

[mailop] [OFF TOPIC] Any WindStream abuse team members on here?

2020-05-06 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Not strictly email related.. Our networks are under a 'little' attack right now, not really a traditional DDOS attacks, but pretty sure our spam auditing team has riled up a group out of Russia.. However, mixed in with some known questionable networks over there... 80.82.65.253

Re: [mailop] SendGrid Abuse unresponsive

2020-05-05 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
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[mailop] [FRIDAY REPORT] Notes from the Spam Auditing team

2020-05-15 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Hi all, Hoping to get out of the office early today, start of the long weekend, but remember, that's when the 'bad guys' like working.. but wanted to get an update out before I go... This week, it has still been about the really bad problem over at SendGrid/Twilio shared senders..

Re: [mailop] B2B Spam Filtering - Help

2020-03-18 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
While you are at it, ask gmx if they can stop leaking obvious Mitre attack emails, via their webmail(s) ;) SanMar Order Confirmation for Order #759086 From: "Perla Orelia" Curious, how many companies do a virus check in WebMail when uploading an attachment? On 2020-03-18 7:30 a.m., Udeme

Re: [mailop] B2B Spam Filtering - Help

2020-03-18 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
This should be a FAQ for the mailing list. For questions like this, regarding an IP or email server, always provide the IP Address in the initial report to the mailing list. On 2020-03-18 7:00 a.m., Kotlikov, Anna via mailop wrote: Hi all, A client of mine has been consistently seeing

Re: [mailop] weird bounce behavior

2020-03-18 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2020-03-18 3:18 p.m., Grant Taylor via mailop wrote: n 3/18/20 3:10 PM, Miles Fidelman via mailop wrote: Is that definitive that Comcast reported spam to senderscore?  Or is that supposition on your part. I suspect that it was Comcast themselves.  I don't think it's likely that one

[mailop] [HEADS UP] Botnet Operators increasing phishing attacks..

2020-03-17 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Seeing a larger than normal bot net, coming from Chinese IP(s), performs an email sending check to a qq.com address. Windows 7 Botnet by appearances. A quick grep in your logs for any account trying to send to 165043...@qq.com will tell you if you are being targeted today. Once compromised,

[mailop] Friday Review .. Great time to clean up those old mailing lists

2020-03-20 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Amazing times, streets are near empty in Vancouver, but that's a good thing. It means we are working together. And while our offices are virtually empty, work goes on.. One thing we see out of this, is of course an increase in mailings from all companies, advising their customers of the

Re: [mailop] Abusix Potentially Compromised Account Report

2020-03-24 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2020-03-24 9:35 a.m., micah anderson via mailop wrote: Steve Freegard via mailop writes: I included the partial SHA-1 to be compatible with automation and tooling around the HaveIBeenPwned API - see https://haveibeenpwned.com/API/v3#PwnedPasswords I understand that desire, but I wish the

Re: [mailop] DMARC policy application

2020-05-07 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2020-05-07 10:19 a.m., Nick via mailop wrote: On 2020-05-07 18:07 BST, John Levine via mailop wrote: My users have lots of addresses and my mail system lets them use whatever From: address they want. Interesting. That seems liberal, and also risky isn't it? What's the advantage that

Re: [mailop] mailop Digest, Vol 151, Issue 41

2020-05-20 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Glad to hear something is being done on it, but... (Quickly checks the spam folder.. ) Still coming in.. Netflix Phish for instance.. Seems like they are now just using the same method, but with slightly more obfuscated From friendly names.. Always nice when the spammers add email addresses

Re: [mailop] SendGrid Abuse unresponsive

2020-05-19 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Still seeing the phishing attempts.. Only reason there is less, is some of the older IP(s) still in blacklists ;) Just kidding, but volume high enough to show that they don't have the issue handled as of yet.. On 2020-05-19 12:48 p.m., Chris via mailop wrote: I'm seeing a very significant

[mailop] Weekly Update, from the Spam Auditing team..

2020-09-03 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
It's been a while since I did one of these, planning on having the team members prepare these and start posting the bi-weekly updates. This week, has seen an overall increase of spam from many sources, and of course phishing attempts in general are a large part of it. Emotet is leading the

Re: [mailop] 0Spam down

2020-10-08 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Sounds like some script kiddies were busy targeting a couple of reputation services with a DDOS attack overnight, ICMP and NTP amplification attack.. On 2020-10-08 12:27 a.m., Hetzner Blacklist via mailop wrote: Just a quick heads-up: the 0spam blacklist is down. The website (0spam.org)

Re: [mailop] Microsoft / Office.com blacklisted our ASN

2020-10-14 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2020-10-14 3:18 p.m., Christian Huber via mailop wrote: Hello, it seems like microsoft/office/hotmail has blacklisted our complete ASN (AS34549). I tried to get in touch with every opportunity they gave but no reply since 48 hours. We haven't seen any mail abuse since weeks and I don't

Re: [mailop] Fake fax spam from sendgrid

2020-10-19 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Yeah, it's still happening, thankfully the volume is getting a lot lower, but probably because they keep getting themselves listed, and more and more filtering rules are targeting SendGrid phishing specifically.. I stopped getting numbers, when we started seeing less than 10 new IP(s) in a

Re: [mailop] STARTTLS - Constant Contact and yahoo.co.jp

2020-08-26 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Too early yet.. (to enforce globally) But start selectively forcing it for the bigger players known to support this.. On 2020-08-26 9:50 a.m., Scott Mutter via mailop wrote: How many mail operators out there are forcing outbound SMTP communications to use TLS?  Is this a common practice

[mailop] VERIZON Heads Up, SendGrid Phishing targetting your users

2020-08-20 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Return-Path: Received: from wrqvcdpk.outbound-mail.sendgrid.net (HELO wrqvcdpk.outbound-mail.sendgrid.net) (149.72.205.49) Subject: Your attention is urgently required. From: Verizon -- "Catch the Magic of Linux..."

Re: [mailop] Deutsche Telekom rejects connections because of missing "provider identification"

2020-08-26 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
More and more companies are requiring transparency. mail.mydomain.com There SHOULD be a URL associated with the domain ('mydomain.com') in the PTR.. And that URL should reflect the organization that is responsible for activity related to that domain.. I will have to dig up that M3AAWG Nest

Re: [mailop] [External] sendgrid.net

2020-09-25 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Speaking of SendGrid.. (Again) BTW, our guys policy, on detection of 'phishing' the IP is posted to RBL's.. otherwise it is probably just scored a little higher.. But does anyone know these guys? Looks like they have bought or used a bad mailing list, or they have a sign process being abused

Re: [mailop] Any new malware on iOS?

2020-10-02 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Your iPhone should be connecting to port 587/465 and don't block localhost.localdomain there.. clients should be able to send almost any EHLO, just block localhost.localdomain on port 25. IMHO On 2020-10-02 1:34 p.m., John Devine via mailop wrote: I think IOS v14 changed to sending using that

Re: [mailop] Maximum message size

2020-10-23 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
By default we still distribute with a 10MG maximum size, but frankly almost all of our customers has bumped it to the maximum we recommend, which is 20MG. (the odd one even went to 30, but we don't recommend that) Too bad this isnt' escalated to a recommended standard. How about we use this

Re: [mailop] CutWail infections growing again, all China based..

2020-07-22 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2020-07-21 9:15 a.m., Bill Cole via mailop wrote: On 19 Jul 2020, at 22:38, Chris via mailop wrote: It is particularly bizarre that it infests one ISP like this.  I'm wondering if someone managed to force the infection to do IP reallocations frequently to IP-hop.  Cutwail normally has

[mailop] Weekly state of the union (Summary of Spam Auditor Reports)

2020-08-07 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Bit of a strange week this week, seems almost like the spammer groups are taking turns. Emotet's new email templates, being sent from compromised accounts has been increasing, with some of it sneaking through current filtering methods, so the spam auditors have been busy tweaking filtering

Re: [mailop] OVH Bulk Mailer? Anyone know this one?

2020-08-07 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
While there are unfortunately good email operators on the OVH network, unfortunately our data shows a lot more abuse than good.. BTW, speaking of OVH, anyone know these guys? 167.114.98.1512 guesser8.wdemg4.com 167.114.98.2273 guesser1.wdemg.com

Re: [mailop] [OFFLIST] Re: Delisting request from sendgrid customer about ip used in recent phishing campaign.

2020-08-11 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2020-08-11 9:39 a.m., Michael Peddemors via mailop wrote: Hi Len, DOH! Sorry about that Len.. and list.. -- "Catch the Magic of Linux..." Michael Peddemors, President/CEO LinuxMagic Inc. Visit

[mailop] New SendGrid IP(s) detected sending phishing last 24 hours..

2020-08-12 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Volume picking up, not decreasing.. 149.72.37.171 x3 wrqvnrxb.outbound-mail.sendgrid.net 149.72.58.197 x6 wrqvpxcr.outbound-mail.sendgrid.net 149.72.64.32x3 wrqvqhnh.outbound-email.sendgrid.net 149.72.73.203 x7 wrqvqwcb.outbound-mail.sendgrid.net 149.72.90.203 x1

Re: [mailop] New SendGrid IP(s) detected sending phishing last 24 hours..

2020-08-12 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
for what leaves your network.. IMHO On 2020-08-12 2:16 p.m., Richard W via mailop wrote: When I checked this morning there was like 662 different Sendgrid IPs hit our traps in the previous 24 hours. Richard On 2020-08-12 2:47 p.m., Michael Peddemors via mailop wrote: Volume picking up

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