16 Jun
2003
16 Jun
'03
5:45 a.m.
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Sean Donelan wrote:
I don't know what proof MessageLabs has, but they report that spammers are breaking into home PCs of unsuspecting users to send junk mail.
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1141610 Spammers are increasingly hijacking home PCs to send junk mail, according to MessageLabs. The managed email service provider claims to have proof of spammers using viruses to plant Trojan malware on PCs to provide remote access.
Yes this is the latest in evolution from open relay, formmail vulns and now to worm/trojans I think this is the source of the joe job stuff i posted about a couple weeks back Steve