Email Bomb Attacks
One variation on the mail bomb automatically subscribes a targeted user to hundreds or thousands of high volume Internet mailing lists, which fill the user’s mailbox and / or mail server. Bombers call this attack list linking. Examples of these mail bomb programs comprises of Unabomber, Extreme Mail, Avalanche, Voodoo, and Kaboom.
The solution to repeated mail bomb attacks is to block traffic from the originating network using packet filters. Regrettably, this solution does not work with list linking because the originator’s address is hidden; the overflow of traffic comes from the mailing lists to which the victim has accidentally been subscribed.
The solution to repeated mail bomb attacks is to block traffic from the originating network using packet filters. Regrettably, this solution does not work with list linking because the originator’s address is hidden; the overflow of traffic comes from the mailing lists to which the victim has accidentally been subscribed.