Bots are attacking again!

[admin]

So I am temporarily blocking new members for a day or two. 58 bots applied yesterday!

Sorry folks

Admin

[admin]

77 overnight

[JGD]

On a slightly wider but parallel front.

My email spam filters have been flooded by a sudden increase in traffic as of Saturday 16 March too. The increase is in the range of 25 to 30 items per day with a few new items getting through the filters, requiring manual intervention.

Most of the unwanted stuff emanates from the same domain - but not all.

Smacks of some new and very undesirable player(s) with bots have kicked off on new ventures. Is it an AI thing?

[stuart]

No increase here JGD over the weekend. Indeed spam seems to have dropped a little over the years. Most of the standard scammers (delivery companies, banks, porn ...) seem to have given up on me.

I guess it is becoming more targeted - but in your case most coming from a common source seems odd when they can so easily use multiple attack vectors.

My spam filter catches ~200-250/month. Almost nothing gets through but I have to check it every week 'cos maybe 2/3 genuine emails get caught.

[admin]

97 overnight

[admin]

Might be calming down, only 11 last night

[admin]

Only 6 bots overnight, so I'll reopen new registrations from now.