full-disclosure - 9/11 virus

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <11332-96253@sneakemail.com>
From: l8km7gr02 at sneakemail.com (l8km7gr02@...akemail.com)
Subject: 9/11 virus

Have these sorts of articles *ever* done any good?

"The 9/11 virus contains the headline "It's Near 911" or a similar
variation, as well as an attachment labeled "911.jpg." Users should not
open the e-mail or the attached file."

Coaching like this gives precisely the wrong message -- 'Don't open this 
specific e-mail or try and view this specific attachment and you'll be 
fine!'

Of course, users who regularly send and receive joke/cute file 
attachments hardly benefit from the 'Don't open unexpected attachments!' 
admonishment.

Add the inevitable batch of new 9/11 viruses to the heap of 
avoidable-but-commonplace user-dependent vulnerabilities.

Cael

-------- Original Message --------

> Here we go again.. :P
> 
> http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0904firstofpe.html
> 
> By Dan Verton
> Computerworld
> 09/04/03
> 
> Antivirus researchers late Wednesday discovered what is being described
> as the first of potentially many "9/11" anniversary viruses spreading on
> the Internet...