To report a botnet PRIVATELY please email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------- At 8:50 AM -0500 11/3/07, Gadi Evron wrote: >On Sat, 3 Nov 2007, Tom wrote: >>To report a botnet PRIVATELY please email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>---------- >>(Sorry on Digest) >> >>Hey all give it a break. You want to discuss this/ make a big deal >>about it then categorize it as a social engineering issue that >>occurs against not only any software platform but in most real life >>scams as well. >> >>I know many like to hype any issue against the OSX platform. To a >>certain degree this may indicate the increased targeting of OSX but >>it is interesting that the "increased activity" argument never seems >>to rise when the odd linux or unix social engineering exploit >>surfaces. Perhaps because none of us really know why an exploit was >>released or maybe because not a statistic does an isolated one off >>make? >> >>A single instance every now and again does not necessarily indicate a >>shift in targeting. Nor does a social engineering exploit attempt >>make a hype-able attack against OSX. > >Talk to you in 2 years.
Gadi, You missed my point. I don't doubt that there will be increases in targeting OSX or any other OS. In fact, I am surprised that there aren't a slew of cross-os kits out by now as many of the current server attacks are OS agnostic. What I was wanted to focus on what that social engineering is not just an OSX problem. Its a cross environment problem (including both cyber and real worlds) and more focus should be given to that and its mitegations. Tom _______________________________________________ To report a botnet PRIVATELY please email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All list and server information are public and available to law enforcement upon request. http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/botnets
