Predicting Malware 61
Pseudonymous B*ard writes "SANS has an interesting article showing how to predict what forms future malware will take. For example, last year there were many hurricane-related scams, while this year, another bad hurricane season is predicted. SANS has noticed that the scammers are gearing up for this and that many new domains with the words Alberto, Beryl, donation, and hurricane have been registered (Alberto & Beryl are the first two names on the hurricane list). The only question now is whether hackers will be able to preempt any of these scams before they have a chance to be used?"
Hurricane scams... (Score:1, Insightful)
This wouldn't be a problem if the Federal government wasn't in such a hurry to shovel cash out the door everytime there's a natural disaster to some politician's poll numbers.
Re:Hurricane scams... a hoax? (Score:2)
Re:Hurricane scams... a hoax? (Score:1)
But, if you were going to use the money to go on a safari tour in Africa, then you might have a possibility of getting it, so isn't that ok?
Hey, we had a theory that there might be a possibility of WMD, so we went to Iraq, same logic, right?
In the end, though, I think it all boils down to gullibility and people's innate desire to help out those who actually need help - a good thing - and the unscrupulous
Re:Hurricane scams... (Score:3, Insightful)
Bzzzt! Wrong! This is about scammers tricking Mr. and Mrs. Citizen to send them money "to help hurricane victims". It has nothing to do with money the Feds may, or may not, send out.
Its nice to see people thinking about the future (Score:5, Funny)
Oblig. (Score:2, Insightful)
"Last year X, while this year X again." "And" for pete sakes. If you are comparing two things which are the same in nature but different in time, it should be "and". "While" would be used if, say, it was hurricanes last year and earthquakes this year (i.e., things which are different in their nature).
Re:O/T Spelling Nazi Oblig. (Score:1)
b) Example is from a Brit site. I'm an American, so your slang (and it's spelling) mean jack to me.
c) GoogleBattle [googlebattle.com] says I win.
Re:O/T Spelling Nazi Oblig. (Score:1)
Re:Oblig. (Score:1)
Re:O/T re: sig (Score:1)
Re:O/T re: sig (Score:1)
SIG
Looking up "Hello, world!" format for weird languages on wikipedia ftw.
Big Surprise (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Big Surprise (Score:2)
Re:Big Surprise (Score:1, Insightful)
Unless, perhaps, your name is Alberto.
Re:Big Surprise (Score:2)
Sad part is, it doesn't need to be cutting edge reporting. They got on Slashdot, cashed in the banner impressions, job well done.
It's a variation of the same issue that people create site and contents for search engines and not for people.
Re:Big Surprise (Score:1)
HA! That's where they went wrong! Little did they know that no /.ers actually RTFA!
-Eric
Fake news (Score:3, Interesting)
Go on, then, get to it.
I hold the answer (Score:3, Funny)
Another question (Score:1)
Happy National Day Sweden 060606 (play some Slayer please)
The next phase in Malware? (Score:1)
Re:The next phase in Malware? (Score:1)
No way out (Score:2, Informative)
Kaspersky Anti-Virus is revolutionary (Score:3, Informative)
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Re:Kaspersky Anti-Virus is revolutionary (Score:2)
Any piece of software will work on Linux, if you build it on Linux from source. If they won't show you the source code, they most probably are trying to hide something from you and you should seek an alternative.
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Malware timing (Score:2)
Who is SANS, anyway? (Score:3, Interesting)
And Wiki doesn't even have an entry for "Escal Institute of Advanced Technologies". Try Google, there's also next-to-nothing there. I don't like placing a lot of trust in something when I don't even know the source.
Does anyone have any more information?
Re:Who is SANS, anyway? (Score:2)
The story comes from a SANS ISC Handler's Diary [sans.org] entry from a few days ago. The Handler's Diary is basically a security blog maintained by the volunteers manning the ISC (Internet Storm Center), and the content varies from day to day. It may contain information about new exploits, workarounds, upcoming patches, requests for data on u
Re:Who is SANS, anyway? (Score:2)
What really started me wondering was the story they had a while ago about "Mac OS security reputation in tatters" or words to that effect. They had absolutely no s
Re:Who is SANS, anyway? (Score:2)
Okay, that was from their Spring 2006 Top 20 Vulnerabilities [sans.org] press release. The actual quote regarding Mac OS/X was:
Re:Who is SANS, anyway? (Score:2)
I still think the actual quote is extreme and alarmist, considering we are comparing a fixed vulnerability with thousands of known exploits. I am still unaware of a single remote exploit against OS X.
Anyway, this is going off the subject a bit. I stil
Re:Who is SANS, anyway? (Score:2)
Fair enough - I'm not familiar with their product, but with the first three pages of Google searches essentially just regurgitating press releases from the company I'm more than willing to accept that the only source touting this software is the company itself.
Re:Who is SANS, anyway? (Score:2)
Thanks for all your input, I think I now have a better idea of what's going on.
I predict future malware will take the shape...... (Score:2)
Re:I predict future malware will take the shape... (Score:1)
I like the foresightedness of it (Score:2, Funny)
Why do a few domains imply malware??? (Score:3, Insightful)
old methods (Score:1)
Say what? (Score:3, Insightful)
Malware is a program that do nasty things to your computer. e-mail scams have nothing to do with that.
the SANSturions (Score:1)
Only one force can stop this evil: a handful of brave men; in specially created exoframes they can sniff packets anywhere to fuse with incredible anti-malware weapons. Beamed down from the space station Sky Vault, becoming man and machine,
Power Xtreme!
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* lon3st4r *
Forms? (Score:3, Funny)