Comments on: A false accusation of “hacking” http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2008/04/02/a-false-accusation-of-hacking/ Security Research, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:15:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sylvia Spruck Wrigley http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2008/04/02/a-false-accusation-of-hacking/#comment-28776 Sylvia Spruck Wrigley Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:56:05 +0000 http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2008/04/02/a-false-accusation-of-hacking/#comment-28776 (Been meaning to say hello) Directly after reading this, I received an interesting evolution of the Nigerian scam: "The BRITISH High Commission in Nigeria, Benin Republic, Ghana and Bokinafaso received a report of scam against you and other British/US citizens and Malaysia Etc." Presumably on the basis that people who have fallen for a scammer once will fall for another one, reducing to more likely targets. (Been meaning to say hello)

Directly after reading this, I received an interesting evolution of the Nigerian scam:

“The BRITISH High Commission in Nigeria, Benin Republic, Ghana and Bokinafaso received a report of scam against you and other British/US citizens and Malaysia Etc.”

Presumably on the basis that people who have fallen for a scammer once will fall for another one, reducing to more likely targets.

]]> By: Clive Robinson http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2008/04/02/a-false-accusation-of-hacking/#comment-28754 Clive Robinson Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:47:06 +0000 http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2008/04/02/a-false-accusation-of-hacking/#comment-28754 @0800... Simon Bunce has posted on this blog before you can google for it. One thing that did come out of his protracted attempt to clear his name was an FOI request in the US. Apparently some fairly interesting stuff came out of the woodwork over and above that which proved Simon was not the person using his CC details. It will be interesting to see how Simon's case against a retailer pans out. @0800…

Simon Bunce has posted on this blog before you can google for it.

One thing that did come out of his protracted attempt to clear his name was an FOI request in the US. Apparently some fairly interesting stuff came out of the woodwork over and above that which proved Simon was not the person using his CC details.

It will be interesting to see how Simon’s case against a retailer pans out.

]]> By: 0800 4941 4077 1984 http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2008/04/02/a-false-accusation-of-hacking/#comment-28752 0800 4941 4077 1984 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:24:00 +0000 http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2008/04/02/a-false-accusation-of-hacking/#comment-28752 What about this for a false accusation? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7326736.stm What about this for a false accusation?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7326736.stm

]]> By: Alex Brett http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2008/04/02/a-false-accusation-of-hacking/#comment-28751 Alex Brett Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:10:47 +0000 http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2008/04/02/a-false-accusation-of-hacking/#comment-28751 The spam filter doesn't automatically cause discards, but I bet the anti-virus one does - and given that quite often AV systems pick up phising URLs as viruses, that might be why it vanished... The spam filter doesn’t automatically cause discards, but I bet the anti-virus one does - and given that quite often AV systems pick up phising URLs as viruses, that might be why it vanished…

]]> By: spage http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2008/04/02/a-false-accusation-of-hacking/#comment-28750 spage Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:32:19 +0000 http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2008/04/02/a-false-accusation-of-hacking/#comment-28750 Did you double-check the discard with Mail Support? In general the central filter doesn't discard a message _just_ because it contains a phishing URL. If it discarded (as opposed to tag-and-pass-on and hit personal filters) then AFAIK it must have been owing to the DNS blacklisting checks which meant it did not reached the SpamAssassin checks - the mail gateway "...does not reject email based on its SpamAssassin score" Did you double-check the discard with Mail Support? In general the central filter doesn’t discard a message _just_ because it contains a phishing URL. If it discarded (as opposed to tag-and-pass-on and hit personal filters) then AFAIK it must have been owing to the DNS blacklisting checks which meant it did not reached the SpamAssassin checks - the mail gateway “…does not reject email based on its SpamAssassin score”

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