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Storm and the Future of Social Engineering

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the worming-around-under-my-skin dept.

Albert writes "Storm shows several key characteristics, some new and advanced. It uses cunning social engineering techniques — such as tying spam campaigns to a current event or site of interest — as well as a blend of email and the Web to spread. It is highly coordinated, yet decentralized — and with Storm using the latest generation of P2P technology, it cannot be disabled by simply 'cutting off its head.' In addition, Storm is self-propagating — once infected, computers send out massive amounts of Storm spam to keep recruiting new nodes."

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  1. NEWSFLASH: The storm in my toilet bowl... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It looks like a worm the size of a baby's leg. Damn, you guys really should see this...