The following modified Mastodon servers are a collection of automated accounts that create ~15,000 posts per day with the intent to generate traffic to related ad-farm web sites, using scraped and republished content.

pubeurope[.]com
newsbeep[.]org
theater[.]im

If your service prohibits uncurated bots, #spam, and/or inauthentic activity, we recommend you review your federation policy for these domains.

Learn more: https://connect.iftas.org/library/iftas-documentation/spam-fediverse-services/

The following modified Mastodon servers are a collection of automated accounts that create ~15,000 posts per day with the intent to generate traffic to related ad-farm web sites, using scraped and republished content.

pubeurope[.]com
newsbeep[.]org
theater[.]im

If your service prohibits uncurated bots, #spam, and/or inauthentic activity, we recommend you review your federation policy for these domains.

Learn more: https://connect.iftas.org/library/iftas-documentation/spam-fediverse-services/

"And most importantly, the key trick is that you can put anything you want in the App Name field in Google"

Le sigh. That's where they put the email text. In the App Name field. Google can fix this by sanitising input better.

https://easydmarc.com/blog/google-spoofed-via-dkim-replay-attack-a-technical-breakdown/

#Spam#Phishing#MailAdmin

The BIG MAIL operators disappear valid mail. We have all seen it happen.

I am pondering starting a campaign to collect war stories with as much log data and other relevant data as possible in order to write an article which may
evolve to something else.

If you have potentially useful input, I want to hear from you.

#mail #smtp #bigmail #runyourown #antispam #spam #disappearingmail #smallmail

The BIG MAIL operators disappear valid mail. We have all seen it happen.

I am pondering starting a campaign to collect war stories with as much log data and other relevant data as possible in order to write an article which may
evolve to something else.

If you have potentially useful input, I want to hear from you.

#mail #smtp #bigmail #runyourown #antispam #spam #disappearingmail #smallmail

For further notes going back to 2017, see "Twenty-plus years on, SMTP callbacks are still pointless and need to die" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/twenty-plus_years_on_smtp_callbacks_are_still_pointless.html #spam #smtp #smtpcallbacks #callbacks #email #verification #cybercrime #hacking #stupidity

For further notes going back to 2017, see "Twenty-plus years on, SMTP callbacks are still pointless and need to die" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/twenty-plus_years_on_smtp_callbacks_are_still_pointless.html #spam #smtp #smtpcallbacks #callbacks #email #verification #cybercrime #hacking #stupidity

⚠️ SCAM WARNING ⚠️

We’re getting blasted by a bot-driven barrage of accounts requesting Palestine aid.

These are the avatars being used, and account names look like this:

Mahmoud│⟪Hear Our Cries⟫
Mahmoud│⟪Feed Our Hunger⟫
Mahmoud│⟪Dry Our Tears⟫

The person in the photo may be real, but the accounts are not. They use signature spam methods.

Report, block, and DO NOT give money. Many already have. This is theft from real Palestinians.

#Scam#Spam#Alert #Mastodon#Palestine#Gaza

Follow-up note…

There are lots of legitimate accounts on Mastodon that are seeking aid for Palestinians. This warning does NOT imply that they’re all scams. I am only warning about this one particular pattern.

Use your judgment about any mutual aid account. Please only heed my warning specifically about this particular pattern of accounts. The names/avatars here are the flags you should look for.

Give aid to legitimate folks who need it. 🙌🏻

#Scam#Spam#Alert #Mastodon#Palestine#Gaza

⚠️ SCAM WARNING ⚠️

We’re getting blasted by a bot-driven barrage of accounts requesting Palestine aid.

These are the avatars being used, and account names look like this:

Mahmoud│⟪Hear Our Cries⟫
Mahmoud│⟪Feed Our Hunger⟫
Mahmoud│⟪Dry Our Tears⟫

The person in the photo may be real, but the accounts are not. They use signature spam methods.

Report, block, and DO NOT give money. Many already have. This is theft from real Palestinians.

#Scam#Spam#Alert #Mastodon#Palestine#Gaza

Noi l'abbiamo già attiva da mesi l'approvazione per i nuovi account, forse è il caso che ci pensino anche altri.🤔

#spam

🚨 Spam Alert

#spam #fedispam #fediverse

🚨 Spam Alert

#spam #fedispam #fediverse

Following up on previous, the LinkedIn discussion revealed that there are people who have not heard about greylisting.

So here is my 2012 piece with updates, "In The Name Of Sane Email: Setting Up OpenBSD's spamd(8) With Secondary MXes In Play - A Full Recipe" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/in_the_name_of_sane_email.html

#spamd #antispam #spamd.conf #OpenBSD #blocklists #blacklists #greytrapping #greylisting #spam