Call to Arms: Rita Scams (fwd)

[Justin Mason <jm...@jmason.org>]

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> Date:    Thu, 22 Sep 2005 21:18:49 +0200
> From:    Gadi Evron <ge...@linuxbox.org>
> Subject: Call to Arms: Rita Scams
> 
> Good evening.
> 
> This is a notice from MWP, the malicious websites and phishing research 
> & operational mailing list.
> 
> Over the next few days some of us are going to process information
> about sites that will probably be used for Rita scams.
> 
> Through MWP resources and ISP connections we are going to make sure 
> these sites are taken off-line as soon as we detect them.
> 
> Also, via reg-ops, an operational list for registrars, we are going to 
> see if we can get the domains terminated at the registrar level.
> 
> To accomplish this we don't want to rely only on our sources, but rather 
> issue a Call to Arms to the public. If you know of a new Rita Hurricane 
> Scam, please notify us by emailing me directly at ge@linuxbox.org with 
> the subject line "Rita Report", where we will be processing them for the 
> next week.
> 
> We hope to get the cooperation of several incident response mechanisms 
> both in the US and abroad. We will update you as we proceed and when we 
> are done.
> 
> If you run an incident response team that can handle Internet abuse and 
> would like to take part, please contact us as well.
> 
> Thank you for your help.
> 
> 	Gadi Evron.
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