Friday, 06. September 2002
WarSpammers - the latest FUD?
Drive-by Spamming - " WarSpammers " It had to happen. "Warspammers' are taking advantage of unprotected wireless LANs to send out millions of junk emails The proliferation of insecure corporate wireless networks is fuelling the growth of drive-by spammin... [Security News Portal]
I don't think there is a buiseness case for spamming via WLAN. WiLDing (Wardriving/Airboxing/etc.) is fun but it is also hassle. You have to keep your batteries powerd, a car is an uncomfortable place to work, find parkingspace, etc.
Why do that if you just can find an open relay on the Internet and use it from your nice comfortabele office?
Internet access via WiLDing might be appropriate as a first hop where highly anonymous Internet access is needed, but thats not necessary for the average spammer.
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