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by: KingwoodDotCom Active Indicator LED Icon 18 Site Admin  OP 
~ 6 years ago   Apr 17, '17 9:41am  
Hey All,Looks like we had a spam attack last night and this morning -- sorry for that! The spammers found a way to get around our spam-detection algorithm and had a field day. Although we block tens of thousands of spam attacks monthly, they found a cloud server to abuse that we had not blocked, and were able to unfortunately post with impunity.We've had a similar problem in the past, as some of you might have noticed.I've taken a couple of steps to prevent it in the future:1.) We've blocked the cloud server they were using. They could use another one, but this will at least force them to search for another one.2.) They used certain phrases in their texts that is critical to their spam's effectiveness, that normal KDC'ers would never use...so I've written code to automatically block messages with that text in them. 3.) The code now tries to detect if there is Chinese text in the post, and if there is, rejects the message.I've written the code for the above and tested it somewhat, but it may need tweaking to make it 100% solid against spammers while they test for weaknesses...if it comes back, we'll tweak the code again to put a stop to it.Thanks everyone for your patience,--J 4951
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nycoil Active Indicator LED Icon 18
~ 6 years ago   Apr 17, '17 9:47am  
The code now tries to detect if there is Chinese text in the post, and if there is, rejects the messageI guess now, I'll have to learn to write vietnamese......... 4951
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TXtransplant Active Indicator LED Icon 13
~ 6 years ago   Apr 17, '17 11:58am  
I bet North Korea did it. Kim Jong Un fired up his brand new Apple IIe and all hell broke loose. 4951
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TXtransplant Active Indicator LED Icon 13
~ 6 years ago   Apr 17, '17 11:58am  
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JustUsNow Active Indicator LED Icon  New Member
~ 6 years ago   Apr 17, '17 12:02pm  
I thought it was the Russians.  Emoticon  I can't keep track anymore.   4951
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TOJ Active Indicator LED Icon 7
~ 6 years ago   Apr 17, '17 7:05pm  
Hey All,Looks like we had a spam attack last night and this morning -- sorry for that! The spammers found a way to get around our spam-detection algorithm and had a field day. Although we block tens of thousands of spam attacks monthly, they found a cloud server to abuse that we had not blocked, and were able to unfortunately post with impunity.We've had a similar problem in the past, as some of you might have noticed.I've taken a couple of steps to prevent it in the future:1.) We've blocked the cloud server they were using. They could use another one, but this will at least force them to search for another one.2.) They used certain phrases in their texts that is critical to their spam's effectiveness, that normal KDC'ers would never use...so I've written code to automatically block messages with that text in them. 3.) The code now tries to detect if there is Chinese text in the post, and if there is, rejects the message.I've written the code for the above and tested it somewhat, but it may need tweaking to make it 100% solid against spammers while they test for weaknesses...if it comes back, we'll tweak the code again to put a stop to it.Thanks everyone for your patience,--J

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This is how I imagine @KingwoodDotCom spent the morning:>i***** width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZTwCtQIEswM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""> 4951
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sweetie Active Indicator LED Icon 11 Forum Moderator
~ 6 years ago   Apr 17, '17 7:07pm  
Yes it started again. I flagged it. You got it deleted quickly. Guess it will be a long night for kdc . 4951
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TOJ Active Indicator LED Icon 7
~ 6 years ago   Apr 17, '17 7:08pm  

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>> Hey All,Looks like we had a spam attack last night and this morning -- sorry for that! The spammers found a way to get around our spam-detection algorithm and had a field day. Although we block tens of thousands of spam attacks monthly, they found a cloud server to abuse that we had not blocked, and were able to unfortunately post with impunity.We've had a similar problem in the past, as some of you might have noticed.I've taken a couple of steps to prevent it in the future:1.) We've blocked the cloud server they were using. They could use another one, but this will at least force them to search for another one.2.) They used certain phrases in their texts that is critical to their spam's effectiveness, that normal KDC'ers would never use...so I've written code to automatically block messages with that text in them. 3.) The code now tries to detect if there is Chinese text in the post, and if there is, rejects the message.I've written the code for the above and tested it somewhat, but it may need tweaking to make it 100% solid against spammers while they test for weaknesses...if it comes back, we'll tweak the code again to put a stop to it.Thanks everyone for your patience,--J
 
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This is how I imagine @KingwoodDotCom spent the morning:>i***** width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZTwCtQIEswM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="">

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I give up....I'll never master the art of embedding a youtube video.........so hers the llink...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTwCtQIEswM 4951
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KingwoodDotCom Active Indicator LED Icon 18 Site Admin  OP 
~ 6 years ago   Apr 17, '17 7:14pm  
I give up....I'll never master the art of embedding a youtube video.........

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Let's fix that for you then. 

[ youtube ] put link here with no spaces [ /youtube ]By the way, that was hilarious!   Emoticon ~C 4951
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donnatella Active Indicator LED Icon 13 Forum Moderator
~ 6 years ago   Apr 17, '17 8:43pm  
Does this look like a tan trenchcoat situation to you?
 
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Love it.
 
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friday1 Active Indicator LED Icon 9
~ 6 years ago   Apr 17, '17 8:57pm  
I say turn it all off and start over. :-) 4951
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ProblemAgain Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 6 years ago   Apr 17, '17 10:11pm  
does this mean i wont get my degrees from the most scholarly excellent organization for my 10 bucks? 4951
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