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Attack Targets LinkedIn Users With Fake Contact Requests
wiredmikey writes "On Monday morning, cybercriminals began sending massive volumes of spam email messages targeting LinkedIn users. Starting at approximately 10am GMT, users of the popular business-focused social networking site began receiving emails with a fake contact request containing a malicious link. According to Cisco Security Intelligence, these messages accounted for as much as 24% of all spam sent within a 15-minute interval today. If users click, they are taken to a web page that says 'PLEASE WAITING.... 4 SECONDS..' and then redirected to Google, appearing as if nothing has happened. During those four seconds, the site attempted to infect the victim's PC with the ZeuS Malware via a 'drive-by download' – something that requires little or no user interaction to infect a system."
" sending massive volumes of spam email messages targeting LinkedIn users."
To paraphrase Mark Twain:
www.eFax.com are spammers
The thing is, noscript doesn'HEY YOU JUST TYPED AN APOSTROPHE, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO ALLOW THIS? (Y/N)t offer much in the way of proHEY YOU JUST TYPED AN O, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO ALLOW THIS? (Y/N)tection and an awful loHEY YOU JUST TYPED AN O, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO ALLOW THIS? (Y/N)t of annoyance.HEY YOU JUST TYPED A FULL STOP, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO ALLOW THIS? (Y/N)
I don't understand how people can stand surfing with NoScript--it's got to be the most obnoxious add-on ever. Worse than those software firewalls that prompt you to to allow/disallow traffic every 3 minutes.
It's not just that; I tried it for a few days, but couldn't figure out where the setting was to disable the "become a smug self-important jackass who has to constantly brag about NoScript in every possible online venue" mode. Since I have this attachment to my dignity and don't go clicking links from random people (and frequently not even from trusted people), I uninstalled it.
You could always buy smaller sized pants.
Is this still a metaphor for computer security, because I think I got lost somewhere. This never happens with car analogies.