10-20-2015 09:53 AM
An update for our community users: after analyzing recent spam attacks across the community, the team has come to a few conclusions:
While we continue to find ways to stop this attack, we have put in place a early warning system. Also, we have blocked (and will continue to block) every user account we find posting spam. An email will be sent out to csc-spam-moderation@cisco.com if posting exceeds normal levels. This should allow us to catch and block users very quickly before they have a chance to post 100’s of discussions.
The team has the spam filter threshold very tight at the moment because of this current attack, however, we will relax the alerts after this incident concludes. This may slightly delay valid posts, as we filter through them. We thank you for your patience and understanding.
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10-25-2015 10:22 AM
Thank you for letting us know, Reza. We have been blocking spammers and deleting their content.
10-30-2015 03:50 PM
We are working with Cisco SSO to do what we can to prevent additional spam but we are already doing a lot of work to automate our ability to protect against this kind of spam. We realize that we cannot ensure 100% protection against this kind of spam, however, at this time, it appears that the recent coordinated spam attack is over. We have updated our SPAM prevention filters, added filters, updated several software applications, added monitoring actions to catch spam, and will continue our on-going work with the Cisco SSO security team to work to prevent future attacks. Thank you all for your support and patience in this regard.
10-25-2015 08:37 AM
Hi Helena,
The spam attacks are back again (Sunday morning 8:00AM). Please see LAN switching and routing forum.
Thanks,
Reza
10-25-2015 10:22 AM
Thank you for letting us know, Reza. We have been blocking spammers and deleting their content.
10-30-2015 03:50 PM
We are working with Cisco SSO to do what we can to prevent additional spam but we are already doing a lot of work to automate our ability to protect against this kind of spam. We realize that we cannot ensure 100% protection against this kind of spam, however, at this time, it appears that the recent coordinated spam attack is over. We have updated our SPAM prevention filters, added filters, updated several software applications, added monitoring actions to catch spam, and will continue our on-going work with the Cisco SSO security team to work to prevent future attacks. Thank you all for your support and patience in this regard.
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