[plug] Microsoft introduces the AutoSubscribe.B feature to Outlook users
Leon Brooks
leon at brooks.fdns.net
Fri Jun 6 14:19:48 WST 2003
Apparently via its trait of replying to inbound mail, BugBear.B has
begun gratuitously subscribing people to mailing lists. The scenario
works like this:
UserA mails UserB and CC's the list.
UserB gets BugBear.B, which sends out random mails - including to the
list.
The list responds by asking them to subscribe, here, use this key.
BugBear.B replies to the subscription confirmation, quoting the first
200 bytes of it - and the confirmation code.
UserB is now on list (which in one case throws between 50 and 200 emails
a day).
And you thought TFPC (Clippy) was bad!
Cheers; Leon
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