Hacker-Angriff auf Webseiten der polnischen Regierung

In Polen haben Hacker die Internetseiten der Regierung
blockiert. Betroffen sind auch die Webseiten des Minister-
präsidenten, des Staatspräsidenten sowie des Parlaments.

Zu den Angriffen bekannte sich ein polnischer Ableger
der internationalen Hackerorganisation Anonymous, wie
polnische Medien am vergangenen Wochenende berichteten.

Der organisierte Angriff erfolgte offenbar aus Protest
gegen die Absicht der polnischen Regierung, dem
internationalen Abkommen gegen Internet Piraterie und
Urheberrechtsverletzungen (ACTA) zuzustimmen.

Das Kabinett von Ministerpräsident Donald Tusk will am
Dienstag darüber beraten. Mitte Dezember war das
umstrittene Anti-Piraterie-abkommen vom EU-Rat
abgesegnet worden.

Quelle: www.heise.de

Spam triggers T-Online Mail-chaos

In the telecom, there are currently massive delivery problems of e-mails. The reason is that T-Online is currently blacklisted by Spamcop. The operator of the spam list has identified the increased sending spam through a variety of T-Online accounts, and therefore blocked T-Online.

Many users of T-Online e-mail services are affected by the current mail chaos. Although Deutsche Telekom has already taken various measures to eliminate the problem. But still not every E-Mail is delivered. The reason for the mass mail delivery by spammers is the offer on the company’s homepage. Who sets up a website, will be able to use e-mail mailboxes that can send an unlimited amount of mails.

This fact spammers have used for their purposes, and their activities catapulted T-Online on the blacklist of Spamcop.

The company has taken since then numerous countermeasures that have already significantly reduced the amount of spam. Thus, for example, striking accounts are closed and the e-mail delivery is limited. Nevertheless, the company is still on the blacklist, which means that there are still limitations to the mail traffic.

Long time as little spam as long

Currently spam ends up in e-mail inboxes as little as long. Compared to last year the spam rate declined until May 2011 by 20 percent. An important reason for this decline are improved filtering and defensive techniques. But the spammers have a new procedure for sending spam that gives you unprecedented opportunities.

Spammers gearing up to date with new attacks on social networks, so the computer magazine c`t. Social networks such as e.g. Xing, Facebook or Google+ offer unprecedented opportunities for spammers. Behind recommended short-links from friends, there are more often spam attacks, warns c’t editor Holger Bleich. The success of conventional spam has long not been so successful in Europt, that’s why they are in the speech more personal to wrap you around the finger as best as possible.

It is worth in any case to look critically at a link sent through a social network. Unless, you can go 100% sure, that is no malware or similar is hiding behind the link.

Your credit card has been charged!

In recent days, an increased volume of spam has been found to contain the message of a hotel. In this e-mail pointed out that your credit card was charged incorrectly.

The appendix would find a form, which you should fill in order to regulate the damage back. Whoever opens this attachment, begins to get significant problems.

This „Refund-Form“ represents a Trojan horse, which installs fake anti-virus software on your computer. The software now indicates to alleged safety problems on the computer of the victim and forces you to buy the entire anti-virus poducts, that costs 40-120 dollars.

Google+: Full disk causes flood of spam

The social network Google+, which is still in beta phase, attacked the users 80 minutes on the weekend with countless notification e-mails. The reason for this was a full disk. This told Google-engineering Vic Gundotra about the service.

Scammers send false Google+ invitations

Google’s new social network Google+ provides a lot of interest. This also calls fraudsters on the plan. They send wrong invitations to google+, which grant no admission, but forward to an online pharmacy. We recommend you, only to respond to invitations from people who you know well. All other invitations could lead to a wrong site.

Consumer warns of e-mails to health insurance change!

Consumer advocates warn against misleading e-mails that ask for a change of health insurance. Sender of spam mails is an alleged „consumer advice“ or a „consumer service“. Therefore, many recipients mistakenly believed that Consumer advocates have started the action. Which is not so.

In the said Spam-Mails, there is a massive advertise for a shift to private health insurance. The Consumer warns strongly, not to click on the deposit in the e-mail links. These lead to a website that advertises with the slogan „private patient from 59€ a month.“

To get this new insurance, however, must first be given private data. Who gives the data and click on the compare button, maybe sends his data, but he never gets the promised contribution settlement or an offer of a contract.
Source: www.aerzteblatt.de

Youtube: spam in circulation

Many YouTube users currently receive an e-mail, which shows allegedly, that they have illegally loaded films on the portal. This message is spam!

At first glance, the mail seems to inspire confidence, especially since it comes from the sender *@youtube.com. The message indicates the video, which should include the objectionable material. There is also a link that points to the movies. Anyone who clicks on the link ends, but not for YouTube, but with a dubious mail-order company for drugs.