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

[David Korpiewski]

Change your password as quickly as is humanly possible if you still have 
access to it on Facebook.   If you use the same password in other 
places, change it!!!!!!



Nancy Salwen wrote:
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> So I'm not sure but I think I fell for this and responded to this evil 
> email - do you have any suggestions about how to proceed from here?
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> Thanks!
> Nancy
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> On Dec 9, 2009, at 10:30 PM, Shel Horowitz wrote:
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>> I got this little nasty earlier today. It's very clever, looks quite 
>> authentic, and is timed to coincide with an actual major FB update. 
>> Fortunately, I was suspicious. And then I noticed the clincher--it 
>> went to one of my e-addresses that is not the one I use for FB.
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>> Had not thought to send an alert, will do so now.
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>> At 4:18 PM -0500 12/9/09, Michael Billingsley wrote:
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>>> Hi Everyone
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>>> 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
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