WikiLeaks urged to stop hosting on Russian blackhat ISP2010-12-15 13:11 by DanielaTags: Wikileaks
Security watchers have urged Wikileaks to stop hosting its material with a "bulletproof" Russian ISP believed to primarily cater to, or be controlled by, Russian cyber criminals. Wikileaks.org now points to a mirror of the site, mirror.wikileaks.info, hosted by Webalta, a blackhat ISP linked to a company called Heihachi Ltd, according to Spamhaus. The .org URL has been WikiLeaks' main web address since its launch in 2006. "Spamhaus regards the Russian Webalta (also known as Wahome) host as being "blackhat" - a known cybercrime host from whose IP space Spamhaus only sees spamming, malware/virus hosting, phishing and other cybercriminal activities," the anti-spam organisation said on Tuesday evening. The warning follows similar concerns raised by Trend Micro, which also runs a spam-blocking list. Read more -here-
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trogers - 2010-12-15 20:54
Using the age-old saying - "The enemy of my enemy is my friend".
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