[Cialug] New SPAM source!

jim kraai jimgkraai at gmail.com
Tue Feb 4 20:22:25 UTC 2020


not kidding:  gmail flagged what I'm replying to as spam

maybe test run for new strategy or building up "not spam" reputation in
detectors for a later spam campaign

but probably not alien spam by aliens so alien the concept of malicious
spam is alien to them


On Tue, Feb 4, 2020, 10:35 L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

> Has anyone noticed the new SPAM process - create a trivial domain name
> (e.g. enclavetcc.com, firgrovemotel.com, chaddsfordchiropractor,
> beautyswapper, and many others), setup valid reverse DNS, and, Viola' - a
> way to send SPAM and get through to a lot of recipients!
>
> Don't really understand the goal, however, as the test of the email does
> not *appear* malicioius, and the SA score is normal. Often the embedded
> links appear to be valid (e.g. cancer.gov)!
>
> Any thoughts on identifying and blocking?
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