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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Researcher uncovers open server with 711M email addresses and other credentials, including passwords and email server info, used by a spambot to send malware (Zack Whittaker/ZDNet)

Researcher uncovers open server with 711M email addresses and other credentials, including passwords and email server info, used by a spambot to send malware (Zack Whittaker/ZDNet)

Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
Researcher uncovers open server with 711M email addresses and other credentials, including passwords and email server info, used by a spambot to send malware  —  The spambot has collected millions of email credentials and server login information in order to send spam through “legitimate” servers, defeating many spam filters.



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