Comments on: Gmail – The Spammer’s Paradise http://www.anti-forensics.com/gmail-the-spammers-paradise Rendering computer investigations irrelevant Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:36:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Yar (Admin) http://www.anti-forensics.com/gmail-the-spammers-paradise/comment-page-1#comment-160 Yar (Admin) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:07:34 +0000 http://www.anti-forensics.com/?p=549#comment-160 Yes, it sure is. One way to get around this is to sign up using a proxy which is on a range that has not been "softblocked", or whatever you'd like to call it, yet. Also, clearing your browser cache and cookies. Yes, it sure is. One way to get around this is to sign up using a proxy which is on a range that has not been “softblocked”, or whatever you’d like to call it, yet. Also, clearing your browser cache and cookies.

]]> By: Hémorroïde http://www.anti-forensics.com/gmail-the-spammers-paradise/comment-page-1#comment-159 Hémorroïde Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:00:06 +0000 http://www.anti-forensics.com/?p=549#comment-159 Is that why they have started to require a phone- number when you create an e-mail? Is that why they have started to require a phone- number when you create an e-mail?

]]> By: Yar (Admin) http://www.anti-forensics.com/gmail-the-spammers-paradise/comment-page-1#comment-149 Yar (Admin) Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:35:46 +0000 http://www.anti-forensics.com/?p=549#comment-149 Excellent suggestion. This type of history can be extremely helpful to a forensic examiner depending on the situation. Such as a top executive bailing on the company and taking schematics for some product with him or maybe someone viewing contraband images from their stash of thumb drives or sD cards. I will put together an article on disabling recent document history as well as some other methods and tips to be aware of to get minimize the creation of recent activity. Excellent suggestion. This type of history can be extremely helpful to a forensic examiner depending on the situation. Such as a top executive bailing on the company and taking schematics for some product with him or maybe someone viewing contraband images from their stash of thumb drives or sD cards.

I will put together an article on disabling recent document history as well as some other methods and tips to be aware of to get minimize the creation of recent activity.

]]> By: Yar (Admin) http://www.anti-forensics.com/gmail-the-spammers-paradise/comment-page-1#comment-147 Yar (Admin) Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:22:23 +0000 http://www.anti-forensics.com/?p=549#comment-147 I've not a lot of experience with Gigatribe. It would be nice to see more research done on various p2p file sharing software. It's so tedious though! I’ve not a lot of experience with Gigatribe. It would be nice to see more research done on various p2p file sharing software. It’s so tedious though!

]]> By: Yar (Admin) http://www.anti-forensics.com/gmail-the-spammers-paradise/comment-page-1#comment-146 Yar (Admin) Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:20:23 +0000 http://www.anti-forensics.com/?p=549#comment-146 I've thought about this as well. This is very good information and I really can't think of a way to get around it off of the top of my head. Other than using a printer not connected to you in any way to print off your "special letters" or maybe a hardware mod. I don't know how feasible the mod would be though. I’ve thought about this as well. This is very good information and I really can’t think of a way to get around it off of the top of my head. Other than using a printer not connected to you in any way to print off your “special letters” or maybe a hardware mod. I don’t know how feasible the mod would be though.

]]> By: None http://www.anti-forensics.com/gmail-the-spammers-paradise/comment-page-1#comment-145 None Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:21:51 +0000 http://www.anti-forensics.com/?p=549#comment-145 You might want to cover disabling recent document history, Not just in the start menu but actually stop the files from being cached. It's an easy way to view recently opened documents & file names from flash drives that are no longer connected. C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Recent It's covered on the link on my name, I was born without one. ;) You might want to cover disabling recent document history, Not just in the start menu but actually stop the files from being cached. It’s an easy way to view recently opened documents & file names from flash drives that are no longer connected. C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Recent

It’s covered on the link on my name, I was born without one. ;)

]]> By: scurfmerg http://www.anti-forensics.com/gmail-the-spammers-paradise/comment-page-1#comment-143 scurfmerg Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:46:29 +0000 http://www.anti-forensics.com/?p=549#comment-143 I don't think I ever get gmail based spam... it is not the only provider to "mask" ip address (i.e. using a proxy). Why doesn't anyone point out that it is also a layer of security for the user (albeit a thin one, depending on what you use your email for). AOL has always had a proxy and that is where a large amount of my spam comes from. Out of all the free providers out there, I get the least amount of spam on my gmail and I barely had to train it's filters. I have it fetch my external email addresses too and it filters all the spam that those providers miss with their own filters. I may be mistaken, but didn't hotmail change now also not reveal the true IP origins? I don’t think I ever get gmail based spam… it is not the only provider to “mask” ip address (i.e. using a proxy). Why doesn’t anyone point out that it is also a layer of security for the user (albeit a thin one, depending on what you use your email for).

AOL has always had a proxy and that is where a large amount of my spam comes from. Out of all the free providers out there, I get the least amount of spam on my gmail and I barely had to train it’s filters. I have it fetch my external email addresses too and it filters all the spam that those providers miss with their own filters.

I may be mistaken, but didn’t hotmail change now also not reveal the true IP origins?

]]> By: John Boy http://www.anti-forensics.com/gmail-the-spammers-paradise/comment-page-1#comment-142 John Boy Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:25:17 +0000 http://www.anti-forensics.com/?p=549#comment-142 An interesting .pdf on Gigatribe forensics. Would be interesting to see something even more in depth. An interesting .pdf on Gigatribe forensics.
Would be interesting to see something even more in depth.

]]> By: Cyclops http://www.anti-forensics.com/gmail-the-spammers-paradise/comment-page-1#comment-140 Cyclops Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:55:26 +0000 http://www.anti-forensics.com/?p=549#comment-140 Suggested topic for future posts. Printer Staganography From Wiki: Many modern color laser printers mark printouts by a nearly invisible dot raster, for the purpose of identification. The dots are yellow and about 0.1 mm in size, with a raster of about 1 mm. This is purportedly the result of a deal between the U.S. government and printer manufacturers to help track counterfeiters. The dots encode data such as printing date, time, and printer serial number in binary-coded decimal on every sheet of paper printed, which allows pieces of paper to be traced by the manufacturer to identify the place of purchase, and sometimes the buyer. Digital rights advocacy groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation are concerned about this erosion of the privacy and anonymity of those who print. Suggested topic for future posts.

Printer Staganography

From Wiki:

Many modern color laser printers mark printouts by a nearly invisible dot raster, for the purpose of identification. The dots are yellow and about 0.1 mm in size, with a raster of about 1 mm. This is purportedly the result of a deal between the U.S. government and printer manufacturers to help track counterfeiters.

The dots encode data such as printing date, time, and printer serial number in binary-coded decimal on every sheet of paper printed, which allows pieces of paper to be traced by the manufacturer to identify the place of purchase, and sometimes the buyer. Digital rights advocacy groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation are concerned about this erosion of the privacy and anonymity of those who print.

]]> By: Ben http://www.anti-forensics.com/gmail-the-spammers-paradise/comment-page-1#comment-128 Ben Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:36:46 +0000 http://www.anti-forensics.com/?p=549#comment-128 I wonder why gmail does this? I tested this and did not realize that only internal Google mail servers and an external Google mail server show in the email header. No wonder it is being abused. That decapcher service thing is crazy lol Thanks for the article I did not know this stuff. I guess I am more ignorant then the first commentor =P I wonder why gmail does this? I tested this and did not realize that only internal Google mail servers and an external Google mail server show in the email header.

No wonder it is being abused.

That decapcher service thing is crazy lol

Thanks for the article I did not know this stuff. I guess I am more ignorant then the first commentor =P

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