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Spammers Announce World War III

Posted by timothy on from the now-that's-not-cricket dept.

schliz writes with the stub of a disheartening article at IT News: "Hackers are deluging web users with malware-laden spam claiming that World War III has started following a US invasion of Iran. Security experts warned [yesterday] that spam emails with subject lines including 'Third World War has begun,' '20000 US Soldiers in Iran,' and 'US Army crossed Iran's borders' have been intercepted. The emails contain links to a malicious webpage that displays what appears to be a video player showing the mushroom cloud of a nuclear explosion."

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  1. Breaking news! by bigstrat2003 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This just in: malware propagators have learned that sending a mass e-mail that will grab the attention of anyone who reads it is the best way to spread malware. More at 11.

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    1. Re:Breaking news! by pitchpipe · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Yup. At least they're doing something new and interesting instead of trying to enlarge my P3N!$, or send a high ranking official in Nigeria my money. I hate spam as much as the next guy, but a least this is fucking different.

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    2. Re:Breaking news! by maxume · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Your comment is delightfully self-contradictory.

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    3. Re:Breaking news! by inkyblue2 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      oil futures aren't exactly a junk stock. good luck making an impact on those prices with a spam email campaign. there's a reason they usually target little stuff you've never heard of.

    4. Re:Breaking news! by drinkypoo · · Score: 3, Insightful

      The nuclear waste issue still hasn't changed, until someone finds a way to filter out the Radio Active stuff from the Non Radio Active stuff, nuclear waste is f'ing dangerous.

      Breeder reactors make that waste dramatically less dangerous and reduce the half-life to something potentially manageable on a human time scale.

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  2. How the hell... by HerculesMO · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Did spam make it to the front page?

    It has to be a really slow news day if we get an article explaining what is in specific pieces of spam.

    I'm waiting patiently for Slashdot to post the Nigerian folks that always email for the millions they have to give away. Because you know -- that is real news. For nerds. Stuff that matters.

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  3. Re:Censorship set up? by halsver · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think you might need to loosen your tinfoil hat there a little bit buddy...

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  4. Re:Fools by theralfinator · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Okay, this is actually kinda funny. But why would this be modded insightful? I mean seriously now.

  5. Confiscate their computers by clampolo · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Everyone who is a part of a botnet should have their computer confiscated. They are too dumb to be allowed to have one.

    We can easily wipe, the machine's hard drive and then install a new OS and you have a computer to give away to schools.

    Two problems solved at once: one less idiot on the net and a free computer for a school.