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Dataman
Ace Cruncher Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Post Count: 4865 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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THIS IS NOT A THREAD TO DISCUSS WIKILEAKS, HACK-TIVISM OR RELATED ISSUES
----------------------------------------Just a heads up that I have noticed a noticeable increase in the number of DDOS attempts, port scans, etc. in my firewall and virus program logs. Also, I have several quarantined emails requesting I visit sites to “volunteer” bandwidth for hack-tivism. I just wanted to mention that this may be a good time for people to keep a closer eye on your logs and at least think about the security levels you have chosen. This may be even more important if you use some of the basic, free virus systems. As always ... think before opening a strange email. THIS IS NOT A THREAD TO DISCUSS WIKILEAKS, HACK-TIVISM OR RELATED ISSUES   [Edit 1 times, last edit by Dataman at Dec 9, 2010 5:46:24 PM] |
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Sekerob
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Yup, my router mails me about 3 times a day about 63.245.209.92... (I know who they are) has been trying to get in, port after port. Always the same IP from somewhere in-between Houston and Austin... and yes got one of those "donate bandwidths" too.
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nanoprobe
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I've been getting router alerts recently also. My only currently running Windows machine (XP) has been giving me firewall alerts (Love my old Sygate) that someone has been port scanning. I did a tracert but right off hand I can't remember exactly where it came from but it was the US. Thankfully I never have to worry about infected or suspicious e-mails. Mailwasher takes care of that.
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In 1969 I took an oath to defend and protect the U S Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and Domestic. There was no expiration date.
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Former Member
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Interesting.
I have been getting a lot of port scans in just the last 2 hours. I'm not looking farther back since everything is bouncing, as far as I can tell. Lawrence |
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Dataman
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Looking at today's activity:
----------------------------------------  I have not been probed this much since the night the UFO's landed and the space aliens abducted me in my sleep. I am certainly no expert in these things but "recent events" seem to be developing in the form of: email: looking for volunteers (and victims) port scans: looking for unlocked doors We certainly do live in "interesting times".  |
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nanoprobe
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We certainly do live in "interesting times". [rant]What really ticks me off is that the ISPs can identify the zombiies and boot them off the network until the owners clean them up but they're just too "lazy" (aka greedy) to bother.[/rant].
In 1969 I took an oath to defend and protect the U S Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and Domestic. There was no expiration date.
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xroule
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Is Wikileaks an other
---------------------------------------- on this forum?Rej  THE ).( IS NAKED! Do you know what your PC is doing ??? [Edit 1 times, last edit by xroule at Dec 14, 2010 12:34:00 AM] |
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Dataman
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I don't think so Rej. It's just I did not open this thread for that purpose but to report unusual activity. If you wish to dicuss it, I see no reason you can't open a thread about it.
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