Though I’ve never been hit with a major denial of service attack, I constantly get hit by spammers and other gremlins trying to post their content on my sites. And one time last year an email spammer exploited a weakness in a script to use my server to send out tons of spam.
I HATE THESE PEOPLE!
They are scum and thieves. They not only steal computing resources, they steal my time, because at least once a day I have to spend two minutes or so dealing with their crap. But the worst part is that they use spyware and other tricks to turn computers into “zombies,” which they then use to launch attacks on site owners like me.
Recently these forces of evil turned their sites on an anti-spam company in Israel. And it worked. The company had to shut down the service.
This is outrageous.
So I’m glad to see a non-profit movement emerge with the mission to get more people to secure their computers and perhaps one day prevent these kinds of abuses. Please check out Take Back the Net – Secure Your Computer