Buy weed online? I don't think so...
A spam is making the rounds, attempting to lure people to a site which sells “legal buds” (F-Secure did a bit of analysis on one variant of this spam back on the 26th).
Random: Dumbest predictions on Apple
Wired has a story today on the “The 15 Dumbest Apple Predictions Of All Time”.
Side note: of interest to me was this one:
Mac trojan overhype? You tell me.
This new Mac trojan? Well, it’s actually fairly important news.
I don't mean to sound breathless about it. As far as we know, it's not widespread. But this is the first targeted, real attack on Mac users by a professional malware group.
Screenshot of new Mac trojan
As a follow-up to my earlier blog post today, here is a screenshot of that new Mac trojan:
Beware targeted fake "complaint" emails
Here’s a sample we received today, sent to our controller. That link to the “complaint document” loads something that should not be considered as anything even remotely safe.
Comment spam from a security vendor?
This is a first — a reputable security vendor practicing comment spamming?
Some new fake codec sites
Hot and fresh, serving Zlob trojans:
ebwmanufacture(dot)com
dmqfirm(dot)com
ictprivate(dot)com
Jane is contrite... Now we're trying to help Gary
Faithful blog readers will recall “Jane”, who sent us an apoplectic, foul-mouthed rant, mistaking us for the makers of WinFixer WinAntivirusPro.
Flame mail of the year
One of the hazards of blogging and writing about malware is that occasionally, users will Google a piece of malware, find some posting on our website or blog about it, and incorrectly assume that we’re the makers of it.
Heroin, RPGs and gay slaves: Strangest spam ever
You can’t make this stuff up. We just received this sick spam from a user in the field:
Some light reading for you
Joe St Sauver, Ph.D. at the University of Oregon gave a rather grim presentation at the Internet2 Member Meeting last week.
He points out the potentially serious issue of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and pandemic flu as threats. While some might feel this is a good opportunity to bring out the Good Old Aluminum Foil, it is interesting stuff, possibly serious and having a basic understanding of these types of threats is worthwhile.
User friendly: Unbricking the iPhone
Following on my previous rant, iPhone Elite (a development group that’s spun off of the unofficial “iPhone Dev Team”) has posted instructions on how to unbrick an iPhone (via InfiniteLoop).
Bank of Ghana, others, compromised
The Bank of Ghana is serving porn.
A Yahoo search brings up some startling results (thumbnailed due to highly graphic content):
Must read: The Russian Business Network
For some time, malware researchers around the globe have been tracking the shady work of the Russian Business Network (RBN) .
If you wanted to point a finger at one group responsible for a lot of pain on the Internet these days, it’s this outfit.
Hoax? Is Alexey Tolstokozhev, spammer, dead?
Who is Alexey Tolstokozhev? According to a post on a website run by “Alex Loonov”, he’s a really bad spammer and he’s been shot.
Wow, just saw this on TV, so I decided to translate this story into English so my readers will be first to learn this. Sorry for mistakes in my English, I'm doing this in a hurry :)
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