I bought a product from Photonlight in 2002, and have been on their mailing list ever since. I last received something from them on 30th December 2009. Alas, now I’m also receiving spam to the address previously only known to them. Both Photonlight and Slimelight … Read More →
Daily Archives: 25 Jan ’10
Slimelight Spam
Another private address bites the dust. Slimelight’s webserver has MySQL open to the Internet.
Identical Spam (including headers)
This email was sent to an address I know the spammers have (it is listed on the Debian Consultants page). It is almost identical to several other spams I have been receiving to what I had considered to be private, unique addresses.
Email Addresses Receiving Spam
I give out different email addresses to different providers, mailing-lists and websites to see how what gets leaked. It’s partly a check on privacy policies, and partly a way to ensure I can blacklist emails efficiently. I’ve run various schemes with email addresses on my … Read More →
Macheist Privacy Failure
Sorry, macheist.com, but if you can’t keep my email address private, I don’t want to hear from you any more. Received: from zulaa ([::ffff:124.158.125.66]) by mx10.faelix.net with esmtp; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:54:44 +0000 id 0000C007.4B5D9494.00004E67 Received: from localhost (127.0.0.1) by mail.zulaa (124.158.125.66) with Microsoft … Read More →
Bloomsbury Privacy Failure
I give unique addresses to each web site or service I sign up to. Bloomsbury became the latest in a long string to pass on or leak my email address to spammers: a local bathrooms/plumbing supplies business an old alternative scene website (now defunct) a … Read More →
Suspected Data Security Breach at iContact.com
I suspect iContact.com has suffered a data security compromise. Summary I have received four nearly-identical spams to four different addresses known only to myself and four distinct websites. These four websites all use iContact.com for newsletter mailing. I have also received this spam to a … Read More →