Seen that? – Spamhaus DDoS-ed
The worlds favorite blacklist operator Spamhaus Project, serving 600 million users and blocking 10 billion spasm a day, has been DDoS-ed, reports The Register: "The attack, launched from a botnet of compromised Windows PCs, witnessed a huge surge in spurious traffic to Spamhaus's web servers from 0900 BST until around 1400 BST. Steve Linford, director of Spamhaus Project, explained that the site was restored to normal operation after technicians were able [...] Read More
Spamhaus gets a $11 mil fine I got Spam?!
Although the title sounds bombastic, you have to know that the beloved blacklist spam operator cannot be forced to pay the fee, as the Spamhaus organization is not located in USA. But, first thing first, Spamhaus was sued by a man claiming that the organization was blacklisting all of his domains for no reason whatsoever, and although Spamhaus never set foot into the US or did any business there, the Illinois [...] Read More
ICANN to close down Spamhaus? I got Spam?!
Remember when I wrote about Spamhaus getting a $11,7 mil fine from an American court for blacklisting an alleged spammer? Although Spamhaus is a legit UK business, and in the UK spam is illegal, they chose not to argues the verdict, presuming, as it turns out naively, that it will go away. But, as Ars Technica writes, things are getting complicated: "Unfortunately, Spamhaus neglected to make the argument that it is not [...] Read More
Technical Difficulties Home Based Business
Well I guess you've noticed things have been a little off here this past week. To make a long story short, Creative Weblogging broke. This was caused by a combination of server failures and a malicious event called a Dedicated Denial of Service or DDoS attack. They are caused by spammers, those folks we all love to hate. CW is back now, so please bear with me as we get the [...] Read More
New Molecule May Lead to Anti-Heart Attack Drug Straightfromthedoc
What happens before a heart attack (myocardial infarction)? Dangerous clots of too many blood platelets will block the vessels, thereby causing a heart attack. Research findings from Rockefeller University suggests that it is possible to dissolve the clots by a way of a clot-busting pill that attacks a receptor on the blood cells' surface. When such kind of a pill happen, high risk patients can take it at the first sign of chest [...] Read More
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