[Pauldotcom] CISSP Spam in my Blog very potentially courtesy of Shon Harris

[Sven Aluoor]

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Abraham Aranguren <elaabraham at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I think this one needs to be shared: It looks like Shon Harris has been
> trying to increase sales of CISSP training materials via hiring spammers in
> India to manually post links on blog comments. I just realised all this
> today and even found further evidence documented in the attrition.org site
> of previous spamming attempts via email. All explained in my blog with links
> to attrition.org at the end for more background.
>
> Blog Spam Analysis Series: CISSP Spam surprise
> http://securityconscious.blogspot.com/2011/08/blog-spam-analysis-series-cissp-spam.html
> This one will really make you wonder about the CISSP code of ethics :P

Thank you for your analysis. Seems pretty clear that Shon Harris is
SEO-spamming other sites.  We should file a ethics complaint at
(ISC)². (ISC)² will decide if she looses her CISSP status. That would
really hur her top selling business.

Ethics Complaint
(ISC)², Inc.
P.O. Box 230326
Montgomery, Alabama 36123-0326
USA
domorrow at isc2.org

See "Ethics Complaint Procedures"
https://www.isc2.org/ethics-complaint-procedures.aspx

cheers Sven