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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20091209/96b64849/attachment-0001.html