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Blackhat SEO (Search Engine Optimization) attacks have already surfaced exploiting search engines pointed at “most recent earthquakes in Japan” according to Trend Micro.

These criminals pounced very quickly to mock up legitimate appearing sites fueled by people’s honest search for details an video clips of the disaster.

“We immediately monitored for any active attacks as soon as news broke out, and true enough we saw web pages inserted with key words related to the earthquake. One of the active sites that we saw used the keyword “most recent earthquake in Japan” and led to FAKEAV variants we currently detect as MalFakeAV-25.”, per Trend Micro.

If you are looking for news, etc. about this disaster, please use well recognized sites like: http://news.google.com , http://msnbc.com , http://yahoo.com .

Don’t let the criminals exploit your honest desire to learn what’s going on. Please be careful!

Similar attacks have already occurred with other high profile news stories as well as with fake youtube pages.

Source: http://blog.trendmicro.com/most-recent-earthquake-in-japan-searches-lead-to-fakea/


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on Mar 14, 2011

Apprehend, convict, sentence to 50 lashes well laid on. But ... nah ... we're too civilized to do that aren't we.

Sounds good to me. 

As for the "too Civilized" bit, it seems the more civilized we become the less civilized we get... as in, the depraved and low-lifes have sunk to lower depths because we've become too soft, all in the name of civilization.

I'm not normally a violent or aggressive person, and I've not always been an advocate of the death penalty, but I am beginning to think in some cases there are those who deserve to permanently stop breathing.  And repeat offenders, well obviously they've learnt nothing and the courts giving them a casual slap on the wrist only sets communities up for more of the same.  I say make the punishment fit the crime.  For example, if a rapist cannot be kept in prison for a period commensurate to the crime, then remove the equipment with which he offended.... ensures the bastard won't do it again.

Yup, when crime, depravity and sadistic tendencies harm people you care about, you tend to get more hard nosed about crime and punishment

on Mar 14, 2011

And how have you been me old mate... well and good, I trust?

Top o' the mornin' to ya! Here in the Tetons it's just about spring again. Harleys all charged up and ready to go. Not so in Japan, tho... Got the viral malware myself for a moment or two, but Trend Micro Titanium got it off after quarantining it for a day or so. Nasty bugger! Said to pay up or the popups wouldn't go away. Finally they just stopped my pc and had to get the fix using another pc to download. Stinkin' malware jugheads anyways.

on Mar 14, 2011
Well I'm glad to hear all is well in the Tetons, what with Spring in the air and the Harley ready to rumble... 'tis such a sweet, sweet sound. Sorry to hear about the damned blasted malware, though... that's a real pain in the ass and not always easy to get rid of. Pleased to know that you were able to purge it. Me, well all is good here and the missus and I are doing okay. Not a lot to complain about, but I do anyway... helps pass the time on slow days, hehe.
on Mar 18, 2011

starkers

Let me assure you, political greed, stupidity and dishonesty are not exclusive to one party or the other.


It's not exclusive to politicians, either... bankers, CEO's and everyday people fit into the greed, dishonesty and stupidity categories.

Something to do with human nature, I'm told... that some people cannot resist their worst urges.

The thing is, I find these scammers, hackers and malware proliferators far worse than any politician or banker.  With the latter it's business as usual and you can sort of understand it.... but with the majority of malware writers, there is no rhyme or reason behind it, other than they can and figure being a major pain in the ass is clever.

 

Which is why is puzzling why there hasnt been at least one high profile conviction of a major banker/CEO, and such. You know, those idiots that flew in their private jets to the hearings in Washington.  Seems as society accepts their greed, stupidity, dishonesty, by not sticking them into a cell, but instead bailing them out.

on Mar 18, 2011

Seems as society accepts their greed, stupidity, dishonesty, by not sticking them into a cell, but instead bailing them out.

I certainly do not accept their greed, decadence or corruption, and I certainly believe quite a few bankers belong behind bars, along with quite a few politicians and high profile bureaucrats.... here in Oz as well as the States.  If I had my way that'd be the minimum they got... and in some cases there'd be a certain urge to remove various body parts as well.

Having said that, however, I still think malware proliferators are worse and deserve severe consequences.  Sure, bankers are arse wipes and deserve all the scorn that's heaped upon them, but malware creation is a filthy, filthy practice [far filthier than banking] and should be rewarded with a dose of something viral that, once injected, reduces their life expectancy to just a few hours of agony.

I see by your member No. that you're relatively new on the forums here, so you'd not be aware as yet that I dislike bankers, politicians, advertisers and Google with a passion and serve it up to them whenever the opportunity arises.... they're all parasites who suck the blood and sweat of others,

on Mar 18, 2011

coreimpulse, the actual topic was a caution regarding malware and phishing being perpetrated on innocent people trying to donate to help in the current crisis in Japan.

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