- Jan 24, 2011
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Popular image hosting service ImageShack has decided to fight spam by replacing abusive images detected on its servers with ones that alert users about scams.
According to ImageShack, the image replacement is done manually, based on information received from anti-spam organizations and other individuals.
"We need a source to provide us with image links to replace. Thankfully, we found one using a honey pot," ImageShack co-founder Alexander Levin told independent security reporter Brian Krebs.
"With some rudimentary analysis we were able to find over 300 images uploaded to our services in this way, and were able to replace them with this image within an hour of them being reported," he added
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According to ImageShack, the image replacement is done manually, based on information received from anti-spam organizations and other individuals.
"We need a source to provide us with image links to replace. Thankfully, we found one using a honey pot," ImageShack co-founder Alexander Levin told independent security reporter Brian Krebs.
"With some rudimentary analysis we were able to find over 300 images uploaded to our services in this way, and were able to replace them with this image within an hour of them being reported," he added
More details - link
