Yes, I hadn't thought of the phishing possibility. I haven't followed the links; I don't stick my hands into places that I don't know about.
On Mon, 11 Oct 2010, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote: > Date sent: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:53:03 +0100 (BST) > From: Drsolly <[email protected]> > > > I get a spam, no subject, sent to maybe half a dozen people. But it comes > > from someone I'm in email contact with (i.e., I've sent them an email, > > maybe they've sent me one). > > > > What's the malware that causes this, and what will detect it? > > Well, not uncommon, over the past decade (you know that), but, with the lack > of > subject line, are most of these from AOL, Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, or other > Webmail accounts? We've seen a lot of this (do they come with URLs leading > to > "Canadaian Pharmacy" sites?) and I suspect it isn't malware, it's all the > email > account phishing that is going on. > > ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) > [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] > The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the > man who can't read them. - Mark Twain > victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm blog.isc2.org/isc2_blog/slade/index.html > http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ > http://www.infosecbc.org/links http://twitter.com/rslade > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
