So Twitter has become a way of life for some people. I use it on a daily basis, you can follow me I’m @Zerolove. It is a great communication tool, but when you have something like this the spammers are sure to follow. And follow they do!
A Plan for Twitter Spam..
Not just the last line of defense against spam
I was reading “The last line of defense against spam!” but it should be titled “The last line of defense against Viruses and Spam”. I have said for years that the last line of defense against Spam and Viruses is the end user. With proper training we would not need half the signatures that are included in most anti virus products. There would be a huge drops in the amount of spam everywhere. There would be no reason for spammers, since there would be no money. Why do people send spam!
Reasons NOT to send E-Cards
It is holiday time again, and everyone wants to be the “Little Tech Elf” and send their friends and family E-Cards. Well I’m going to tell you why you shouldn’t.
CNN Alerts: My Custom Alert – Virus Alert!
Follow up to yesterdays post about CNN.Com Daily Top 10, today we have a new one. This one has the subject of CNN Alerts: My Custom Alert. The email “From” address is random, and the content looks legit except for the Full Story link. This is the one that takes you to the site that immediately ask for you to install an updated version of flash. This is the virus, the payload…. This virus is part of the Rustock Rootkit and Spam Bot.
CNN.com Daily Top 10 – Virus Alert!
Recently I wrote about the “UPS, FedEx, and US Customs Email Virus” today I want to tell you about the CNN.Com Daily Top 10 email going out. I’m seeing this from allot of different sources and it is pretty heavy out in the wild. I’m sure you have probably already seen it somewhere. The interesting points of this one, the virus payload is not in the email but from the links in the email. This allows it to by pass most virus scanners. It is NOT From: user@cnn.com but from a randomly generated or infected users email address. The links in the email take you to sites, not cnn.com, that want to show you a video but says you have the wrong flash player installed. Other points:
- The URL’s are not cnn.com
- The writing is poor (even worst then mine)
- It ask you to install Flash Player 0
- The ActiveX installer does not seem like a standard ActiveX installer
- It is not digitally signed.
CNN Daily Top 10
