On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Sam Oduor<
sam.oduor@gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe we need to know what google is doing to cut on this groups from
> spamming, any Ideas? definately as a counter measure as Wash says we need to
> put filters .. you hv not considered the cost of CPU spiking & stuff to do
> with slowed processing due to spams & filtering that has to take place buddy
> ?
>
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 5:57 PM, nyarotho kennedy <
kenyarotho@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Nasty fellows! Where is chuks and his security pen gun??..tee he he he!
>>
>> On 6/5/09, aki <
aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> > Spam, malware spread by Google Groups. Spammers are using thousands of
>> > Google Groups to spread unwanted email and malware.
>> >
>> > Sep 15, 2008 13:47 EDT
>> >
>> > Spammers are using thousands of Google Groups to spread unwanted email
>> > and
>> > malware.
>> >
>> > In a blog post, the anti-spam company MailChannels reported that the
>> > spammers sign up for Gmail accounts, then create new groups, usually
>> > with
>> > random-looking names. The spammers use the Gmail accounts to send
>> > keyword-rich posts to the fake group. These posts include a link to a
>> > URL
>> > that either directs the user to a to phishing scam or to a malware
>> > executable.
>> >
>> > “We were able to find thousands of Google Groups that were created for
>> > the
>> > purpose of forming posts that people would stumble upon when looking for
>> > common keywords,” Ken Simpson, CEO of MailChannels, told
>> > SCMagazineUS.com on
>> > Monday.
>> >
>> > Simpson stressed that users don't have to join the Google Group to be
>> > hit by
>> > the infected posts. The posts come up during a search within Google
>> > Groups
>> > -- not during a typical Google search.
>> >
>> > One such search string is “Verizon bill pay online,” Simpson said.
>> >
>> > “Users think they are getting a post that explains how to pay their bill
>> > online, and they click on the link," he said.
>> >
>> > In his example, the URL took the user to a drug store website. Other
>> > links
>> > directed users to malware.
>> >
>> > “What the spammers are doing is exploiting temporary weaknesses in the
>> > algorithm Google Groups uses to find results,” Simpson said. “Google's
>> > search engine is great for weeding out spam. Google Groups is a closed
>> > environment and there isn't enough information from internet users to
>> > know
>> > which groups are significant and which are spam.”
>> >
>> > Google said it knows about the problem.
>> >
>> > “Google takes the security of our users very seriously,” a Google
>> > spokesperson told SCMagazineUS.com, “and we actively work to detect and
>> > remove sites that link to malware. We are aware of this particular issue
>> > and
>> > are working now to resolve it.”
>> >
>>
>>
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>> People should know when they are conquered.
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