RE: [ok] [Full-Disclosure] Possible Virus/Trojan

[Curt Purdy]

Todd Towles  wrote: > I received an e-mail today that looked very much like a virus. Here is the message  > > Attachment – erupts.avi.exe > > Subject – New Southern California wildfire erupts <snip> . > > Either this is a new Trojan that changes it body and subject based on the current  AP  news or someone used a very lame trick against me. =)     I'm guessing the latter.  Although story scraping would be possible, intellegent naming of the .exe would not be.  Most likely a friend... or enemy.   Curt Purdy CISSP, GSEC, MCSE+I, CNE, CCDA Information Security Engineer DP Solutions ---------------------------------------- If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked. What's more, you deserve to be hacked. -- former White House cybersecurity adviser Richard Clarke