Comments on: ZDNet exploited via Google Docs

By: John Potter

John Potter — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:07:19 +0000

We’re really embarrassed about this. The Spammers found an old application that we thought was shut down in 2004. We shut it down for real as soon as we found out about the problem.

By: Panda_Security (Panda Security)

Panda_Security (Panda Security) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:14:26 +0000

ZDNet exploited via Google Docs http://tinyurl.com/7vef5w

By: My bad! ZDNet actually was sending out spam! | Zero Day | ZDNet.com

My bad! ZDNet actually was sending out spam! | Zero Day | ZDNet.com — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:28:19 +0000

[...] must apologize to the bloggers over at Commtouch. It turns out a website hosted at ZDNet, partially retired in 2004, was the culprit. What did I [...]

By: Vendor claims ZDNet being “exploited” to send spam, forgets definition of exploit | Zero Day | ZDNet.com

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:08:56 +0000

[...] what the spammers are really doing. In a recent blog post, anti-spam vendor Commtouch claims that ZDNet is being exploited in order to spend spam. The title of the post insinuates that systems hosted by ZDNet are being used to send out spam, [...]

By: Roger Carter

Roger Carter — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:13:43 +0000

Nice blog post. You’d think Google would have gotten it right after they bought Postini, wouldn’t you?

I keep hounding Google about their awful GMAIL SPAM filter as well. I still get false positives on a weekly basis, and unfortunately I use GMAIL to run my business. It’s pretty embarrassing to have to tell a client he was mistaken for SPAM.

One of these days Google will wake up and give Commtouch a call…

By: commtouch (Commtouch)

commtouch (Commtouch) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:45:35 +0000

ZDNet exploited via Google Docs http://tinyurl.com/7vef5w