Re: [bitfolk] I know I should not take it personally but ...

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Author: Keith Williams
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To: BitFolk Users
Subject: Re: [bitfolk] I know I should not take it personally but ...
Sorry for delay in replying, I have been away in the big city for a couple
of days, now back to face the world once more

On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 at 17:13, admins <admins@???>
wrote:

> A lawsuit is a blunt and very expensive tool.
>
> Use something pointy and sharp that can slip between the ribs. Like
> social media.
>
> Large institutions are sensitive about their image, many monitor social
> media and their social media accounts. tweet about the irony you have
> observed together with a precise statement of the facts, their lack of
> response to the correct official channel for complaints, the ongoing
> nature of this and reference their social media account (so their
> followers all of them get the message too) and link their security course.
>
> This should get you a response.
>
>
> Kirbs
>
>
> On 10/04/2019 08:38, Max B via users wrote:
> > Now what would it take to get them to notice you and fix the problem and
> compensate you?
> >
> > A lawsuit.
> >
> > How does this differ from a robber who is trespassing on your property
> and looking to see whether any of your doors is ajar?
> >
> > If one of your machines is located in the US, you have locus standi in
> that jurisdiction to pursue the trustees of Stanford.
> >
> > Is that jurisdiction California?
> >
> > Can bitfolk map the address range to which your machines respond to a US
> server farm located in Palo Alto or Menlo Park?
> >
> > It need only be for a month or a week, although damages would follow
> length of exposure to the hazard.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------
> > En date de : Mer 10.4.19, Keith Williams <keithwilliamsnp@???> a
> écrit :
> >
> > Objet: Re: [bitfolk] I know I should not take it personally but ...
> > À: "BitFolk Users" <users@???>
> > Date: Mercredi 10 avril 2019, 1h50
> >
> > It still
> > continues, but at a reduced rate. Still no response to my
> > email to the abuse mailbox. They have advertised a seminar
> > on cybersecurity which is going on round about now. That is
> > ironic.
> >
> > On Wed, 10 Apr
> > 2019 at 00:44, Keith Williams <keithwilliamsnp@???>
> > wrote:
> > I was
> > just going to say it had stopped, LOL, a 15 minute break,
> > then a burst, then a few minutes break. Seems to be slowing
> > down but another is giving port 80 a hammering. Because I
> > give these blackholes different names I can see the new
> > contender is one of the content spammers. Oh well it's
> > past midnight here so I will let them get on with their
> > games
> >
> > On Tue, 9 Apr 2019
> > at 23:03, admins <admins@???>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >      Sounds sensible to me.
> >      I also blanket ban anyone having a go at SSH simply
> >  as whilst it
> >        may start there, it never ends there.
> >      Sounds like a retarded infestation to me. Most bots
> >  are not that
> >        clever in and of themselves, once you have had a
> >  rummage through
> >        their code. There have been some clever tricks put
> >  into coding
> >        them though.

> >
> >
> >
> >      kirbs

> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >      On
> >  09/04/2019 15:50, Keith Williams
> >        wrote:

> >
> >
> >
> >
> >        Every packet that arrives from them is
> >  sent to a
> >          chain by the firewall which logs them and then drops
> >  them. The
> >          log records the port they were blocked on.
> >  That's how I found
> >          the 7777. I had no idea what it was. I picked them
> >  up first
> >          because they hit on 22. that got them put in the
> >  set. Others in
> >          the set made a couple of attempts then disappeared.
> >  There is one
> >          oyher persistent pest, a well known comment spammer
> >  that keeps
> >          coming back and having a go for a while then
> >  disappearing, then
> >          just the usual rubbish

> >
> >
> >
> >          On
> >  Tue, 9 Apr 2019 at 22:27,
> >            Dom Latter <bitfolk-users@???>
> >            wrote:

> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >            On 09/04/2019 10:59, Keith Williams wrote:

> >
> >            >

> >
> >            > On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 at 17:38, Dom Latter
> >  <bitfolk-users@???

> >
> >
> >            > <mailto:bitfolk-users@latter.org>>
> >            wrote:

> >
> >            >

> >
> >            >     On 09/04/2019 04:44, Keith Williams
> >  wrote:

> >
> >            >      > for at least 24 hours now. They
> >  go for ports
> >            22.23.53, 80, 443

> >
> >            >     and 7777.

> >
> >            >      > That last one is particularly
> >  nasty.

> >
> >            >

> >
> >            >     They're (probably) looking for a
> >  backdoor opened up
> >            by Windows malware.

> >
> >            >

> >
> >            >     Why would that concern you?

> >
> >
> >
> >             > It does concern me for a number of
> >  reasons.

> >
> >
> >
> >            I was particularly referencing 7777 (hence the
> >  quoted
> >            context).  You've

> >
> >            not got anything on that port, and even if you
> >  did, it
> >            wouldn't be

> >
> >            compatible.

> >
> >
> >
> >            I don't think I'd even notice an attempt
> >  to connect to 7777.

> >
> >            Because a connection is not made...

> >
> >
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