There seem to be a ton of computer worm variants hitting the Internet lately. Kudos to those technicians putting in overtime to identify them. My favorite social engineering worm (at the moment) is WORM_BAGLE.J (aka W32/Bagle-J). Dear user of e-mail server “___”, Our antivirus software has detected a large ammount of viruses outgoing from your email account,…
Was more than just the virus. Seems several computers were compromised and turned into file sharing hosts. In retaliation for cleaning up that mess, a Distributed Denial of Service attack hit early in the morning. Along the same idea, the Pentagon wants online voting. This surprises me because the technology is not to the point to…
It is amazing how a simple little computer virus causes so much havoc. They make my life miserable. Preserved comments: i’m afraid of them. b/c i have no idea what i’d do if my computer became plagued by one. 🙁 xo! Posted 1/21/2004 12:09 PM by melally
Years ago I ran across a site that pretended to be an AOL technical support page. It was pretty well designed that it matched what one would find at AOL. However it did not belong to AOL, though I never really Identified the owner(s). Basically this site was a well constructed scam to con users…
Best spam message of the week… I had hoped to hear from you again, I was quite disappointed 🙁 Anyway, if you lost my email, I’ll meet you back at the old site. <URL Suppressed> Kisses, Mil Looks like a real message until you realize 1) you have never been to that URL and 2)…
Virus and worm writers suck… This stuff gets really annoying really quickly. The latest worm picks on Microsoft SQL server. Don’t think we have many installations here. However, between 4 and 6 AM on a Sunday morning we had an average 30% utilization of our bandwith? That is down from 80 – 100% utilization yesterday afternoon. Could…
Got a kick out of these emails. My favorite parts are bolded. Hey there, I’m nnnnnn. I got your email address from a friend and thought I’d get in touch. I’m kind of new to this whole thing, the internet and meeting people on the internet. I thought I’d tell you a little about myself,…
Are you a member of the Digerati? Didn’t realize blogs are so useful that spammers now target them? Some spammers send traffic to blog sites that list other sites that send traffic to the blog site. When the Spam Hits the Blogs (Wired.com)
I like the idea of charging spammers and telemarketers (Wired). The only reason such advertising is usefult to companies is because they can do it so cheaply. How many emails can one produce and send for the cost of 1 prime-time commercial? How many cold-calls can a telemarketing firm make for the same cost? The 1 prime-time…