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Of Trojans and Horses

Of Trojans and Horses 04/10/2004 02:18 AM
So a proof of concept Mac specific trojan has been created. Find it on Google Groups. Here's the problem. A Mac file can have...

One in three PCs hosts spyware or
Trojans

One in three PCs hosts spyware or
Trojans 06/16/2004 07:02 AM
vnunet.com Jun 16 2004 11:03AM GMT

Distributed trojans (not that kind)

Distributed trojans (not that kind) 12/08/2003 03:36 PM
Peer-to-peer networks are the next big thing for virus writers, as profit becomes the first and foremost motivation for malware writers.

Protect Your PC from Spyware and Trojans

Protect Your PC from Spyware and Trojans 07/13/2004 03:44 AM
PC Tools has released Spyware Doctor v2.0, a powerful Windows spyware detection and removal utility that cleans thousands of potential Spyware, Adware, Trojans, Keyloggers, Spybots, and tracking threats from your PC. [PRWEB Jul 13, 2004]

Worms turn as Trojans take over

Worms turn as Trojans take over 01/05/2005 08:31 AM
Personal Computer World Jan 5 2005 12:48PM GMT

Spams, Phishing, and Trojans

Spams, Phishing, and Trojans 05/05/2004 02:36 AM

This Netcraft article titled Phisher Kings compares growth of phishing with that of spamming (via Paymen ts News).  It's not surprising to me since I think phishers who rely mostly on social engineering used to be spammers.  However, phishers using trojans, like the one described in this Code Fish Spam Watch article, are not.  They are hackers using e-mail to find their victims.

Using trojans to harvest passwords and credit card numbers is, fortunately, not as deadly as it might seem at first glance.  Why?  Because trojans require more technical knowledge, higher cost of maintenance, and higher cost of labor necessary to mine the returned data.  It's all glory and little in return.

In comparison, phishers with spamming background tend to focus on what really matters, the ROI numbers.  Instead of wasting days and weeks to write and finetune trojans, they use a web page editor to create their lures and receive their loots in ready to use form.

There is a more dangerous group of potential phishers we need to keep an eye out for: telemarketers.  While most spammers operate blindly, telemarketers leverage information to choose and attack their victims more intelligently.  Phishers with telemarketing background are more likely to be spear-phishers, phishers who target rich victims with tailored attacks.

When they come for you, they will know your name, where you live, what finanicial services you are using, and more.

Drive-by Trojans exploit browser flaws

Drive-by Trojans exploit browser flaws 03/23/2005 12:46 PM
Analysis Is Firefox really more secure than IE?

EarthLink finds rampant spyware, trojans

EarthLink finds rampant spyware, trojans 04/15/2004 06:33 PM
Internet service provider EarthLink and Webroot Software released a report on Thursday that said an average of almost 28 spyware programs are running on each computer. More serious, Trojan horse or system monitoring programs were found on more than 30 percent of all systems scanned, raising fears of identity theft.

EarthLink uncovers rampant spyware and
trojans

EarthLink uncovers rampant spyware and
trojans 04/16/2004 08:56 AM
Computer Weekly Apr 16 2004 1:05PM GMT

Screw my neighbour

Screw my neighbour 07/08/2004 04:09 AM

« Grotesques on the Pohjola buidling on Aleksanderinkatu. I call them Grimace and Chuckles though I'm sure they have proper names. People like to mess with them and you'll often see cigarette butts stuck in their mouths or, as in the photo, adorned with ice cream and gum. »

One of the most incredibly frustrating things about trying to learn Finnish, aside from the folks who refuse to understand my Finnish and then gleefully exclaim how they can now practise their English on me, are the "Kysy naapurilta!" excercises in the classes. Ask my neighbour?! Ask my neighbour precisely what, motherfucker?! My neighbour could be anything from a clueless Brit whose pronunciation pains even me or some Karelian dude who is just slumming for easy credit and grammar. "Mikä on Helsingin paras disco?" the handout in class instructs my neighbour to ask me. Well, fuck, how in the hell am I supposed to know that? I haven't been to a disco since 1979!

It's like the blind leading the blind when we ask each other the questions and then try to answer them in any reasonably close to correct fashion. The people who are advanced stick together in the front of the class and the slackers tend to hang in the back, hoping not to be noticed. Even among those who struggle there are castes since noone wants to get stuck with someone who knows less than you do and so when the "Kysy naapurilta!" directive comes, and it will each and every day, the classroom turns into a country square dance hall before beer has been served to help make everyone look attractive enough to dance with. I usually just want to hide in the corner at that point and hope that noone notices me. In fact, of the few times I skipped class over the past year, each and every time it was the horrific thought of having to converse with my neighbour that drove me away. I'd almost rather go to the dentist or maybe get my skull trepanned since, clearly, I need another hole in my head.

There is a Finnish conversation class that is supposed to be on the schedule for the Fall term, but if it's just going to be a bunch of students and only one teacher/native speaker, fuck that as I can practise bad Finnish for free with my expat friends. I have met Finns whose English sucks, really sucks, and I've managed to patiently let them try since they're so enthusiastic and I somehow always get to be the English target practise, but in spite of the fact that I love my native tongue, why is it so hard to find Finns who are willing to suffer our bumbling attempts to speak the language without fear that we're going to look like idiots and answer our questions of verity without a blank stare?

Screw You Sweden

Screw You Sweden 05/15/2004 05:15 PM
You destroyed our perfect 0 score. Why? Just because we are neighbours? Don’t bother next time, please…....

Snow Screw?

Snow Screw? 06/05/2005 11:46 PM

Check this thing out:

I wonder if these things really work(ed)?

Glastonbury screw-up

Glastonbury screw-up 04/09/2004 04:08 PM

I went last year, I went the year before, I'm pretty sure I went the year before that, but this year I'm staying home. The muppets running the online ordering system apparently decided that a couple of Windows 2000 servers could handle 130,000 ticket sales in 24 hours. They got hit by 2,000,000 hits in the first five minutes. Admitedly, that's going to be tough for anything to handle (maybe it's a job for Google's super-platform) but after last year's 23 hour sell out anyone could have told them this year was going to be a whole lot tougher.

This BBC article has plenty of stories that match my own. I tried persistently over the space of 12 hours, filled out the form multiple times, was repeatedly told the tickets were all sold out when I knew that they weren't and finally received a screen telling me I'd made it. The confirmation email never turned up. Bloody marvelous.

I just hope they sort out a sane way of distributing the tickets for next year.

Why Established Businesses Screw Up

Why Established Businesses Screw Up 11/03/2003 08:23 PM
I've been a longtime fan of Clayton Christensen's work and recommend it to plenty of people - though, it seems like many people misinterpret his writings. Still, he's now come out with a new book, The Innovator's Solution, which tries to follow the work of his original book describing why successful companies miss out on disruptive technologies. Fast Company is running an article summarizing Christensen's thoughts on why successful companies screw up, and how to prevent that from happening. He comes down especially hard on business school teachings (despite the fact that he teaches at a business school), saying that they're so focused on case studies of successful businesses, it creates managers who believe if they just mimic success stories, everything will turn out fine. While I agree with almost every one of his business points, I'm not sure I completely agree with this one. It seems that most business schools these days claim to be believers in Christensen's ideas - but they just do an awful job teaching them. People end up with the 30 second version of his ideas and miss the real meat. Still, the Fast Company piece does a pretty good job summarizing the overall thesis that basing plans on past data can be dangerous, since it ignores future innovations. Also, he points out that successful companies are drawn to higher end offerings where the margins increase, forgetting that they're opening up the bottom of the market for newer, more innovative and nimble suppliers to attack. In fact, Christensen has decided to put his money where his mouth is, and has started his own consulting firm that is designed to hit back against the McKinsey's and BCG's of the world by offering a much lower pricepoint for services.

How Apple is going to screw webl0ggers!

How Apple is going to screw webl0ggers! 01/06/2005 04:47 AM

Most of you should already know that Apple is suing several sites that are devoted Mac fans. They have decided that because someone either at Apple or a contractor is spreading juicy information to these sites, that they are going to sue them into telling who is giving them the information. If Think Secret decides to fight Apple I am going give them a donation to help them with their legal cost.

Why would I do that, well how long will it be before someone passes me a juicy tip and I write about it and piss some company off. As has been mentioned around the blogsphere if this had been the New York Times or PC World they would not have touched them with a 10 foot pole.

One thing I can do immediately is this, I will no longer purchase any iTunes music or purchase any sort of Apple product as a consumer I can also make a statment with my pocket-book.

APPLE CEASE AND DESIST YOUR LAWSUITS AGAINST WEBLOGS!

Screw You, Outlook 2003

Screw You, Outlook 2003 12/02/2003 01:03 AM
I can't stand it anymore; it's time to roll back to Outlook 2000 and pray to GOD IN THE HEAVENS ABOVE that someone keeps future versions of the PIM from going straight into the crapper for anybody not connecting to an Exchange server. If you rely on POP3 or IMAP, you'll be just as disappointed with the lame UI bugs and inconsistencies that plague Microsoft's latest client. Since I’m going to keep the rest of Office 2003 alive, it’s going to be quite a trick to downgrade midstream. I’ll have to figure out a way to export my PST so that I can make the leap backwards without causing too much of a fuss. Where the hell are you when the world needs a better program, Chandler?!...

Screw you guys! I'm going to California!

Screw you guys! I'm going to California! 08/05/2004 05:02 AM

Right then! I'm off on holiday. If I get any free time, I'm going to try and polish off the rest of the New Musical Functionality series on the plane or in a café in San Francisco, but no promises, because frankly I need a bit of a break from all this web nonsense. Updates are likely to be sporadic in the meantime and when they occur are likely to be more chatty and journally than normal. Otherwise LA, San Francisco - California in general - here I come!

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RIAA/MPAA Contractor Deploys Malicious
Adware Trojans

RIAA/MPAA Contractor Deploys Malicious
Adware Trojans 12/31/2004 04:34 PM
Slashdot Dec 31 2004 8:10PM GMT

Win DRM hides malicious trojans, RIAA
deploys infected music on P2P

Win DRM hides malicious trojans, RIAA
deploys infected music on P2P 12/30/2004 04:48 PM
Cory Doctorow: According to PCWorld and TechDirt, Windows DRM contains a flaw that allows for attakcers to create music files that contain trojans that attack your computer when you play them, and moreover, the usic industry has hired a company called Overpeer to flood the P2P networks with infected fake music files.

Overpeer is the same company that the recording industry has hired in the past to dump fake versions of songs on file sharing networks. What the article doesn't answer is whether or not the industry hired Overpeer to dump spyware on the network as well, but it's likely they're pleased either way. Overpeer defends their actions by saying that anyone obviously deserves what they get because, obviously, they were looking for unauthorized files. It's not clear that everyone would agree. Sneaking malicious files onto someone's computer because "they deserved it!" doesn't seem like a very good justification. What may be even more important to this story, however, is the revelation of just how easy it is, thanks to a huge loophole in Microsoft's copy protection technology, to include a malicious file with an audio or video file. Basically, because Windows DRM needs to look for a license, all anyone needs to do is point that license to a website that loads malicious content and off you go. Thank you Microsoft, for creating a huge loophole that will probably make sure millions of new computers are loaded with spamming, DDOSing trojans shortly.

Link (Thanks, Alex!)

UK public wants ID cards, and thinks
we'll screw up the IT

UK public wants ID cards, and thinks
we'll screw up the IT 04/22/2004 10:30 AM
Non-contiguous brain compartments R US

Cricket: Vaughan to turn screw

Cricket: Vaughan to turn screw 07/27/2004 02:36 AM
Michael Vaughan believes England have a "psychological edge" over West Indies after their win at Lord's.

Artificial sweeteners screw up appetite

Artificial sweeteners screw up appetite 07/01/2004 03:34 AM
Artificial sweeteners disrupt your body's ability to accurately guage your caloric intake and regulate your appetite accordingly.

Professor Terry Davidson and associate professor Susan Swithers, both in the Department of Psychological Sciences, found that artificial sweeteners may disrupt the body's natural ability to "count" calories based on foods' sweetness. This finding may explain why increasing numbers of people in the United States lack the natural ability to regulate food intake and body weight. The researchers also found that thick liquids aren't as satisfying – calorie for calorie – as are more solid foods.

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my bellybutton was a phillips head screw

my bellybutton was a phillips head screw 01/27/2004 09:45 PM

Five points to the first person that can tell me what this quote comes from:

"I had this dream... that my bellybutton was a phillips head screw.  So I'm working on it, trying to unscrew it...  and when I finally do, my penis falls off.,,  so I pick up my penis and i'm running around with it, trying to find the guy that used to fix my Lincoln, when I used to drive Lincolns, so that he can fix my penis and put my penis back on...  and then this bird flies in out of now where, grabs my penis and flies off with it."

Screw you, bl0gerati, I'm installing
Typekey

Screw you, bl0gerati, I'm installing
Typekey 04/09/2004 04:03 PM
There’s been a lot of stir around MT3, and their new TypeKey service, on how it’s ideologically and technically a...

New bizmodel: screw customers with phony
charges

New bizmodel: screw customers with phony
charges 12/04/2003 08:22 PM
David Pogue takes up arms against "miscellaneous" charges on phone and banking bills, and against "innocent" mistakes where customers are repeatedly, routinely overcharged.

Phase 1 of this program was the proliferation of miscellaneous fees - for "regulatory assessment," "handling," "restocking," and so on. According to Business Week, newly concocted fees will generate $100 million for hotels this year, $2 billion for banks, $11 billion for credit-card companies - and an average of 20 percent extra on every phone bill.

Link (via Smartpatrol< /a>)

Conservatives are from Mars, Liberals...
aw screw it, just read the post

Conservatives are from Mars, Liberals...
aw screw it, just read the post 03/20/2003 08:30 AM
Conservatives and Liberals obviously think differently. Here's how. George Lakoff, a highly respected linguist and author of Moral Politics: What Conservatives Know and Liberals Don't is tipping. Why? Part of it is that while Lakoff is obviously a Liberal, he's one of the few around to have taken the time to understand that Conservatives, too, have a coherent worldview. He's then added to that, er, insight his neuroscientific understanding of the power of metaphor in human communication. He's getting mad buzz right now, I just heard him lecture, and folks, Conservative or Liberal, this guy's ideas are worth exploring.

Loose screw halts nuclear power station
(Reuters)

Loose screw halts nuclear power station
(Reuters) 12/29/2003 11:38 PM
Reuters - A Spanish nuclear power station has been shut indefinitely because of a small missing screw weighing just four to five grammes that fell off a machine during refuelling, nuclear officials say.
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