[Hidden-tech] Beware the Facebook thingy-dingy... Problems await

[Michael Billingsley]

Hi Everyone

I know this isn't likely your area of expertise, but you might know  
somebody in computer security (or cyber-terrorism) so please pass  
this along.

There might be a very new slave-bot operation starting right now, out  
of server 193.219.117.80 - 99 (Grigorescu, Romania).

The operation is disguised as a Facebook Login Update  
implementation... very slick.  Facebook users will get an email  
saying "In an effort to make your online experience safer and more  
enjoyable, Facebook will be implementing a new login system that will  
affect all Facebook users."

The perpetrators are using TeamViewer remote access to breach  
firewalls and slave unsecured PC's and Macs.   Blatant... and if you  
don't know what this means, it means that they will plant a small  
piece of seemingly quiet software in your computer making it possible  
for someone in another country to operate your computer while you're  
not.  They can enter it, examine the files, plant more stuff and make  
your computer do their bidding.

This may be the prelude to a denial-of-service-attack where somebody  
needs a lot of computing power, and has hired Romanian computer thugs  
to line up the processors.  I think a lot of money might have gone  
into this.

If you have access to any computer security networks (I don't) and  
can warn folks, I'd appreciate it.  I could not reach Facebook  
directly because they don't (stupidly) provide an access address...  
as does Google... for phishing attempts, etc.   But this may be  
bigger than that.  Facebook was just picked because it's so  
ubiquitous, and these folks apparently want a LOT of fast personal  
computers on hand for... uh... whatever.  It remains to be seen.

Iran, perhaps - hoping to overpower its own external Internet  
traffic?   Or somebody actually wanting to "stop" an entire  
government, or maybe a "simple" widespread criminal enterprise.   
Can't tell.   But my radar tells me this could be very problematic  
for somebody - and certainly you if your computer is compromised in  
this fashion.

Don't respond to such a Facebook email, or click on the connecting  
button contained in it.

Michael Cerulli Billingsley
Straight Arrow Recordings
Location Recording - CD Mastering - Sound F/X and Solutions
The Cotton Mill, Brattleboro, VT 05401
802-254-3975
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