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HostExploit Releases CyberCrime Report: Targets Rogue ISP McColo

By Marc Handelman on November 13th, 2008

HostExploit, information security researchers and recognized leaders in anti-spam research, have announced the release of a particularly enlightening report, this time focusing on the disturbing details of nefarious activities at rogue ISP McColo.

According to the report, rogue ISP McColo is (along with fellow criminal registrar ESTDomains and rogue ISP Atrivo/Intercage) one of the most prolific transmitters of unsolicited commercial email (UCE) or SPAM on the planet.  A short snippet from the announcement, along with appropriate links, appear after the page break.

From HostExploit: “HostExploit presents the second CYBER CRIME USA report which highlights those Internet players that currently host the world’s major spam botnets (an estimated 50% of spam worldwide), malware, rogue PC security products, cybercrime affiliate payment systems, and child pornography.  This study from HostExploit.com is based on tracking and documenting ongoing cyber criminal activity. As a result of the first report focusing on Atrivo / Intercage and subsequent community actions, there was a quantitative drop of 10% of spam and malware worldwide. While temporary, it does clearly demonstrate that with a concerted and consistent effort by concerned commercial Internet network operators, a safer Internet can ensue.

On this occasion we focus on McColo and others that, like Atrivo / Intercage, actually operate from servers and depend on US transit peers. This open source security study sets out to quantify and continuously track cyber crime using numerous methods of measurement.  In addition to original quantitative research and analysis, the study draws upon and welcomes the findings of other research efforts.  What emerges is a picture of a front for cyber criminals who specifically target consumers in the United States and elsewhere. It provides hard data regarding specific current activity within McColo and associated networks, explains how consumers are targeted, and describes McColo’s virtual network structure.”

HostExploit Report – McCOLO CyberCrime USA
Washington Post – SecurityFix:Major Source of Online Scams and Spams Knocked Offline
Washinton Post – Spam Volumes Drop by 2/3 After Firm Goes Offline
Spam host blocked from NetSpam sees big nosedive as rogue ISP McColo knocked offlineHuge Spam Outfit Taken Off LineSpam ‘mother ship’ shut down in U.S.Spam rates slashed as McColo shut downWashington Post Story Convinces Service Providers To Pull The PlugSpam declines after hosting company shut-down
USDOJ: To Report Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail (“Spam”)
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Categories: Brilliant, Data Security, Infosecurity, Web Security
Tags: Cybercrime, HostExploit.com, McColo

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    4. Rogue Registrars’ Demise Migrates Miscreant Clients
    5. Brian Krebs: MindMap of McColo Hosted Illicit Sites

One Response to “HostExploit Releases CyberCrime Report: Targets Rogue ISP McColo”

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    Dec 9th, 2008 at 12:10

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