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'''HipCrime'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hipcrime.com/|title=HipCrime|website=hipcrime.com|access-date=2007-03-20|archive-date=2007-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219174958/http://www.hipcrime.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> was both to the ] of a ] user and a software application distributed by, and presumably written by, this individual or group. The name derives from a neologism in the ] ] novel '']''.
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⚫ ==HipCrime's Newsagent==
'''HipCrime'''<ref>http://www.hipcrime.com</ref> refers both to the ] of a ] vandal and software distributed by, and presumably written by, this individual.
{{Infobox software
| name = HipCrime's Newsagent
| programming language = ]
| genre = ] control client
}}


⚫ '''HipCrime's Newsagent'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hipcrime.com/html-hipcrime/new_page/index.html|title=HipCrime's NewsAgent (v1.07)|website=hipcrime.com|access-date=2017-02-05|archive-date=2016-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184915/http://www.hipcrime.com/html-hipcrime/new_page/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> software is a free and ] Usenet control client. The program is written in ] and allows the user to auto-] any messages on Usenet based on author, subject, organization, message-ID, or path. It also allows the user to replace the body of any message with text of their choosing. The software also monitors any posts you choose and reposts them if they are removed.<ref>http://newsagent.p7.org.uk/#whatis {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref> Additionally, it allows regular users to act as Usenet Administrators and create (or remove) entire newsgroups.
This software has since been adopted by many other vandals, a process which is simplified by its ] platform-independent nature.


⚫ ] has classified this as ] software, as well as flooder software, a specific type of denial of service attack.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050317161047/http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/pest.aspx?id=54636 |date=2005-03-17 }}</ref>
The name derives from a neologism in the ] SF novel '']''.


==HipCrime's Newsagent== ==HipCrime's ActiveAgent ==
{{Infobox software
] ]
| name = HipCrime's ActiveAgent
⚫ '''HipCrime's Newsagent'''<ref>http://www.hipcrime.com/html-hipcrime/new_page/index.html</ref> software is a free and ] Usenet control client. The program is written in ] and allows the user to auto-cancel any messages on Usenet based on author, subject, organization, message-iD, or path. It also allows the user to replace the body of any message with text of their choosing. The software also monitors any posts you choose and reposts them if they are removed<ref>http://newsagent.p7.org.uk/#whatis</ref>. Additionally, it allows regular users to act as Usenet Administrators and create (or remove) entire newsgroups.
| programming language = ]
| genre = ]
}}
⚫ HipCrime is referred to as "a leading Usenet Terrorist" by James Farmer, maintainer of .


], in his book ''Bots: The Origin of New Species'', also credits HipCrime with creating the earliest web-distributed spambot.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QIwfAQAAIAAJ&q=hipcrime|title=Bots: The Origin of New Species|first=Andrew|last=Leonard|date=October 23, 1997|publisher=Hardwired|isbn=9781888869057|via=Google Books}}</ref> This bot, known as ''HipCrime's ActiveAgent'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://webpost.net/hi/hipcrime/ |title=HipCrime's ActiveAgent<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2006-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024030/http://webpost.net/hi/hipcrime/ |archive-date=2007-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was a ] ] which allowed anybody with a web browser to send mass volumes of unsolicited ] messages. The ActiveAgent has since been expanded into an ] (known as ''MarketCom's MktAgent''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hipcrime.com/html-hipcrime/mkt_page/MktAgent.html|title=MarketCom's MktAgent v1.28|website=hipcrime.com|access-date=2007-03-20|archive-date=2007-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008140216/http://hipcrime.com/html-hipcrime/mkt_page/MktAgent.html|url-status=live}}</ref>) and is relied upon heavily by the largest ] stock ] gangs.
⚫ ]http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/24/technology/kumar/index.htm</ref> has classified this as ] software, as well as flooder software, a specific type of denial of service attack<ref>http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/pest.aspx?id=54636</ref>.

⚫ ==HipCrime's ActiveAgent ==
⚫ HipCrime is referred to as "a leading Usenet Terrorist" by James Farmer, maintainer of .


==See also==
HipCrime is also given credit for creating the earliest web-distributed spambot by ] in his book ''Bots: The Origin of New Species''<ref>Leonard, Andrew: "Bots: The Origin of New Species", Chapter 8. Hardwired, 1997</ref>. This bot, known as '''HipCrime's ActiveAgent'''<ref>http://webpost.net/hi/hipcrime/</ref>, was a ] ] which allowed anybody with a web browser to send mass volumes of unsolicited ] messages. His '''ActiveAgent''' has since been expanded into an ] application and is relied upon heavily by the largest ] gangs.
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Latest revision as of 00:19, 19 March 2022

For other uses, see Hipcrime (disambiguation).

HipCrime was both to the screenname of a Usenet user and a software application distributed by, and presumably written by, this individual or group. The name derives from a neologism in the John Brunner science fiction novel Stand on Zanzibar.

HipCrime's Newsagent

HipCrime's Newsagent
Written inJava
TypeUsenet control client

HipCrime's Newsagent software is a free and open-source Usenet control client. The program is written in Java and allows the user to auto-cancel any messages on Usenet based on author, subject, organization, message-ID, or path. It also allows the user to replace the body of any message with text of their choosing. The software also monitors any posts you choose and reposts them if they are removed. Additionally, it allows regular users to act as Usenet Administrators and create (or remove) entire newsgroups.

CA Inc. has classified this as denial of service software, as well as flooder software, a specific type of denial of service attack.

HipCrime's ActiveAgent

HipCrime's ActiveAgent
Written inJava
TypeE-mail spam

HipCrime is referred to as "a leading Usenet Terrorist" by James Farmer, maintainer of Spamfaq: Part 3: Understanding NANAE.

Andrew Leonard, in his book Bots: The Origin of New Species, also credits HipCrime with creating the earliest web-distributed spambot. This bot, known as HipCrime's ActiveAgent, was a Java applet which allowed anybody with a web browser to send mass volumes of unsolicited e-mail messages. The ActiveAgent has since been expanded into an open-source application (known as MarketCom's MktAgent) and is relied upon heavily by the largest e-mail spam stock pump and dump gangs.

See also

References

  1. "HipCrime". hipcrime.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-19. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
  2. "HipCrime's NewsAgent (v1.07)". hipcrime.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  3. http://newsagent.p7.org.uk/#whatis
  4. HipCrime's NewsAgent - CA Archived 2005-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Leonard, Andrew (October 23, 1997). Bots: The Origin of New Species. Hardwired. ISBN 9781888869057 – via Google Books.
  6. "HipCrime's ActiveAgent". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2006-08-03.
  7. "MarketCom's MktAgent v1.28". hipcrime.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-08. Retrieved 2007-03-20.

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