From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V3 #335 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Monday, November 17 2003 Volume 03 : Number 335 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [loud-fans] PAYPAL users ["me" ] Re: [loud-fans] PAYPAL users [Dave Walker ] [loud-fans] more mp3.com news [Jenny Grover ] [loud-fans] ot:reviewers starting early these days... [dmw ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 01:39:20 -0800 From: "me" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] PAYPAL users buried at the end of that article is something intersting: And on Tuesday it was reported that Eastern European crime gangs were running online extortion rackets. In these, companies either pay up or have their web sites targeted by Distributed Denial of Service attacks launched from zombie computers. the Mob has apparently gone high-tech. brianna - ----- Original Message ----- From: "RichardBlatherwick" Cc: Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 5:49 AM Subject: [loud-fans] PAYPAL users > Just in case any of you folks use paypal and get a mail like this one. > > > > http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994386 > > > > I know a lot of you are paypal users - just FYI there > > is a scam going around trying to hook in PAYPAL users, > > so beware (see the above article). ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 10:31:05 -0500 From: Dave Walker Subject: Re: [loud-fans] PAYPAL users On Nov 16, 2003, at 4:39 AM, me wrote: > And on Tuesday it was reported that Eastern European crime gangs were > running online extortion rackets. In these, companies either pay up or > have > their web sites targeted by Distributed Denial of Service attacks > launched > from zombie computers. > > the Mob has apparently gone high-tech. I'd wager that at least half the spam I'm getting these days is coming from compromised zombie open relays (i.e. computers that were left wide-open after Blaster et al and had SMTP proxies installed on them) If the Mob isn't in on this, they're crazy. -d.w. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 15:45:54 -0500 From: Jenny Grover Subject: [loud-fans] more mp3.com news If you can wade through all the editorializing.... but this is indeed disturbing. Grab it while you can. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/34009.html Jen ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 18:22:06 -0500 (EST) From: dmw Subject: [loud-fans] ot:reviewers starting early these days... I think the average quality of this site is much higher than the album cover site. Although "Jazz Tracks" and Marilyn Manson were impressively creepy, I thought. http://balgavy.com/music/sarah20020311.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 15:31:19 -0800 From: "me" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] ot:reviewers starting early these days... very cute. and speaking of hecht - i just ordered Doubt, by Jennifer Michael Hecht. anyone know if i'm in for 500+ pages of excellence? or 500+ pages of garbage? it sounded great - but i'm not familiar with the author. brianna - ----- Original Message ----- From: "dmw" To: "ideology ... exclusively at hecht's!" Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 3:22 PM Subject: [loud-fans] ot:reviewers starting early these days... > I think the average quality of this site is much higher than the album > cover site. Although "Jazz Tracks" and Marilyn Manson were impressively > creepy, I thought. > > http://balgavy.com/music/sarah20020311.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 19:24:05 -0800 (PST) From: Phil Fleming Subject: [loud-fans] chat!!!!! irc.stealth.net #loudfans Come! Phil F. NP: Nada Surf - THE PROXIMITY EFFECT __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V3 #335 *******************************