Zimbra servers upgraded to Network Edition 7.2.2
All Zimbra mail servers have been upgraded to Zimbra Network Edition 7.2.2, the current 7.x release.
Author Archives: Current Status
Warning: ‘Webmail Account Warning’ message is bogus.
This bogus email is making the rounds and seems to be slipping past spam filters at the moment. If you get one of these messages, delete it. The link in the message takes you to a form that asks you to enter your email address and password. If you do this, you can count on… Read More »
Phishing/Malware email
We’re seeing a significant increase in the number of ‘phishing’ and malware email messages. Most of these are being stopped by Postini’s spam/virus filters, but some are getting through, and some are getting past our own spam/virus filters that we use to supplement Postini. These messages are well crafted and look like legitimate email from… Read More »
Using strong passwords
Over the past few months we’ve seen an enormous jump in the number of password-guessing attacks on our mail servers. The attackers are spammers who are trying to get access to legitimate accounts so they can send spam. We have software in place that identifies and blocks these attacks, but if a password is too… Read More »
Bogus “Delivery Status Notification”
There is a trojan making the rounds that masquerades as a Delivery Status Notification. It contains the line: Note: Forwarded message is attached. The attachment is an html attachment which carries various javascript browser exploits/trojans. Postini is aware of the situation, and Postini Spam Engineering continues to monitor for new variants and will release additional… Read More »
Bogus emails from his.com
Some HIS customers reported getting emails pretending to be from his.com and containing a bogus alert message. From: “his.com support” <admin@his.com> Subject: his.com account notification or Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details From: domains@megginson.com We are blocking them on our SPAm filters. However, if you received one of those Do not click on any… Read More »
Verizon blocking port 25
We’ve received a number of reports from Verizon DSL customers that they’ve suddenly lost the ability to send mail. Verizon started blocking port 25 (the SMTP port, used to send email) for DSL and FIOS customers in some areas in 2009, and evidently they’ve now made this system-wide. There’s a Verizon writeup at: http://www22.verizon.com/ResidentialHelp/HighSpeed/General+Support/Top+Questions/QuestionsOne/124274.htm… Read More »
Facebook Phishing Email
We’ve started seeing email that looks like this: (This is just a screengrab image – the links above aren’t live). The message looks real enough (which is the idea) but it did not come from Facebook. The link actually goes to servers in 15 locations in Korea, Japan, Brazil, Hungary, Poland and the Ukraine, where… Read More »