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Hotline Hacked Vol. 6

2024/10/30
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Hacked

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A caller shares a story about email spoofing in 2012, highlighting the vulnerability of open relay SMTP servers and the surprising lack of awareness among some tech support staff.
  • Open relay SMTP servers allowed for easy email spoofing.
  • Tech support staff were sometimes unaware of email spoofing.
  • ISPs left SMTP servers open despite the risk of spam.

Shownotes Transcript

The whole second half of this one is one long call but trust us it's worth it. A call in show with tales of hackers getting hacked back, spoofed emails, and operating system vulnerabilities.

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