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SPAMMER [5 records]

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Record 1 2024-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • IT Security
CONT

A spammer may... post on various sites, or implement software known as a spambot. The spambot may be designed to gather email addresses from sources on the Internet so that email can be sent to those people, or create new accounts to send email or post messages on a site. A spambot could also be used to search the Internet for comment sections, guestbooks, wikis, or other forums so it can post a message.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Le site gère les accès avec un identifiant et un mot de passe et il assure la protection de sécurité contre la récupération des courriels par des robots polluposteurs.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

The person or business that sends an unsolicited or unwanted electronic communication to a large number of recipients by means of electronic media such as e-mail, forums, blogs, instant messaging and wikis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Personne ou entreprise qui envoie une communication électronique indésirable et non sollicitée à un grand nombre de destinataires au moyen de divers médias électroniques tels les courriels, les forums, les blogues, la messagerie instantanée et les wikis.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 3 2011-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Trackback spam is very similar to comment spam. The spammer sends trackback pings to your site that direct viewers to a totally unrelated URL [Universal Resource Locator].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 4 2011-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Commerce
  • IT Security
DEF

... a person who uses the Internet or similar information network to cause harm or chaos ...

OBS

... anyone intent on committing a cybercrime, such as a perpetrator of a scam or spoofing scheme; a cybermugger as a criminal working in the shadows of the Web involved in phishing or other ways of taking advantage of people; any mischievous Internet user, such as a spammer who cloaks his activities, or, in a worse case scenario, sends emails that virtually mug victims, cause cyberharm or cyberterror.

Key term(s)
  • cyber thug
  • cyber-thug

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce électronique
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

[...] les vers tels que Sumom ont captivé les médias en raison des épidémies produites. Ces vers sont le fruit de cyber-voyous désireux simplement de créer des dégâts arbitraires et d'attirer l'attention. Ils ont contribué à donner l'impression que ces vers existaient uniquement parce que des cyber-voyous voulaient s'affirmer.

CONT

Selon les acteurs du secteur, le phishing, les spams, spywares et codes malicieux, de types virus, vers et chevaux de Troie, sont émis de plus en plus par des cybermafieux qui recherchent avant tout des gains financiers.

Key term(s)
  • cyber mafieux
  • cyber-mafieux
  • cyber voyou
  • cybervoyou

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio electrónico
  • Seguridad de IT
CONT

Los apodados "cibermatones" emplean sus nuevas identidades para acosar a los amigos de la cuenta a la que han accedido, mantener discusiones o sencillamente molestar. De hecho, estos atacantes suelen también dedicar tiempo a su "golpe": estudian a la víctima, los amigos que tiene agregados en su lista de contactos, sus fotos... De esta forma, se introducen en su círculo para intentar, más adelante, hacerse pasar por amigo o conocido hasta conseguir robarle su cuenta.

CONT

El cibermalhechor, para hacer más creíble su trampa, usa en su texto los nombres de conocidos medios de comunicación como fuentes de su perjudicial e-mail. Asimismo, el sujeto conmina en todo momento a hacer click en “Descargar video” a través de vínculos coloridos que están en la misiva.

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Record 5 1998-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Monday announced it had won three lawsuits against junk e-mailers and filed nine new suits targeting porn-spammers, get-rich-quick schemers and sellers of spamming software. In each of the victories, AOL said the court awarded substantial monetary damages.

Key term(s)
  • porn spammer
  • pornography spammer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

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