Abuse
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- Adventures of an Open Proxy Server
- Page http://www.secureworks.com/resources/articles/other_articles/proxies/
- Security whitepaper discussing proxy honeypots and observations on the types of abuse that are aided and enabled by insecure proxy servers.
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- Cyberbullying
- Page http://www.cyberbullying.info/
- Site promotes awareness of bullying using technologies such as SMS, email and the internet, the damage it does, and ways to protect yourself from it.
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- Cyberbullying.ca
- Page http://www.cyberbullying.ca/
- Discusses recognition and prevention of intimidation by email, IM, web sites and other internet or high-technology media.
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- Net Abuse FAQ Index
- Page http://www.faqs.org/faqs/net-abuse-faq/
- A collection of Frequently Asked Questions related to net abuse, including spamming and e-mail scams.
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- Network Abuse Clearinghouse
- Page http://www.abuse.net/
- A database of addresses for reporting Internet abuse.
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- ScamBusters
- Page http://www.scambusters.org/
- Monthly e-zine about recognizing, preventing and fighting all types of fraud, misinformation and abuse perpetuated with the help of the internet.
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- Webguardian
- Page http://www.webguardian.com/
- A nonprofit Internet watchdog, providing protection and advice for consumers and reducing Internet crime and fraud.
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- Akismet
- Page http://akismet.com/
- A plugin which identifies and blocks comment and trackback spam on blogs with integration to various blogging systems.
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- Bad Behavior
- Page http://bad-behavior.ioerror.us/
- An open source a PHP-based solution for blocking link spam and the robots which deliver it by analyzing the delivery method as well as the software the spammer is using instead of looking at the content of potential spam.
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- Blog Spam Database
- Page http://www.markcarey.com/spamdb/
- Database of URLs and phrases often used by spammers, along with links to related resources and a discussion forum.
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- Learning Movable Type: Concerning Spam
- Page http://www.learningmovabletype.com/archives/000246concerning_spam.php
- Types of spam seen on blogs.
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- No Guestbook Spam Anymore
- Page http://www.nogbspam.com/
- Offers instructions for webmasters for avoiding and eliminating spam in guestbook.
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- Stop Forum Spam
- Page http://www.stopforumspam.com/
- Provides statistics and various information about persistent spammers on message boards and blogs.
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- Jeremy Zawodny's Blog: Using mod_rewrite against comment spam bots
- Page http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/003862.html
- Very short tutorial. (January 08, 2005)
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- Internetnews.com - Six Apart Trains Guns on 'Comment Spam'
- Page http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3331341
- The blog tools vendor Six Apart plans to roll out an open online authentication system to fight the growing phenomenon of comment spam. (March 25, 2004)
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- Wired - Googlemania: The (Evil) Genius of Comment Spammers
- Page http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.03/google.html?pg=7
- Background of the phenomenon of comment spam and how bloggers responded. (March 01, 2004)
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- Jeremy Zawodny's Blog - Guerilla Tactics Against Blog Comment Spammers
- Page http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/001000.html
- Suggestion that bloggers create posts that target the same spammy phrases that blog spammers want Google to find. (October 06, 2003)
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- Wired: When the Spam Hits the Blogs
- Page http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2002/10/56017
- Owners of weblogs have recently noticed that their referral logs have become the newest target for spam. (October 26, 2002)
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- Abuse of Usenet: Cyberstalked
- Page http://www.jahitchcock.com/cyberstalked/
- Jayne Hitchock's battle with Usenet spammer Woodside Literary Agency began in 1996, and continued into 2002 with her cyberstalkers sentenced to prison and probation on charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, perjury and making false statements to a federal officer. Hitchcock's site details the case from start to finish, and shows how it led to new laws making cyberstalking a criminal offense in New Hampshire (USA).