full-disclosure - Re: Phone Scam

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: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

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

Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:52:16 +0100
From: Dave <mrx@...pergander.org.uk>
To: "Thor (Hammer of God)" <thor@...merofgod.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Phone Scam

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

You owe me a screen cleaner and keyboard.
Haven't laughed out loud in days.

Thanks
D


On 20/07/2011 16:47, Thor (Hammer of God) wrote:
> At least it isn't a call from Fish at Microsoft. :)
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpPLeqHfPCc
> 
> t
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk [mailto:full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk] On Behalf Of Andy McKnight
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 7:26 AM
> To: Dave
> Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Phone Scam
> 
>> A stranger on the end of a phone call tells you your PC is infected, and you should download and install a RC server so it can be fixed.
> 
> Heard of a lot of this in Scotland recently.  Although, everyone I've spoken to that's been called has said that the call quality sounds like it's originating from abroad.  A couple of people reported potentially the same guy calling, 'Paul' from Microsoft....
> 
> Andy.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Full-Disclosure - We believe in it.
> Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html
> Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
> 


- -- 
Mankind's systems are white sticks tapping walls.
http://www.propergander.org.uk
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/

iQEVAwUBTib5sLIvn8UFHWSmAQJHmQgAk2pJ9az3cjrsV4Kl5J/KcTziJbeUzVxc
sci3t0wj5XXCMIj75q2dYpvRTyZTDdbBf7XvU48zEFWqiHMWrJ7sYRvV7aAg/CT0
xggm2auWK8IB9zh1v9ivzbHHKTNPXz2N7pJNyuqKFv3S7bcmNW51teNuyciStq8I
HyUAcsy2Ml+lmtgKC6vcVdGSjLvgwfTXFopIH9yknfbpj0TJ8XJpjOQURWmecCmb
BPhIreVMV93IM0hTnaiRScBcoPSwwcIF4Bzqkxu1H0gnae5OU3XRz7PeFHKVuBlB
AbvpXBZKwH/Faae+b0SiZ5qSIxtRv2Z1f5PTGD6JQTwnBT7QFPs9Jg==
=tWt7
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

_______________________________________________
Full-Disclosure - We believe in it.
Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html
Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/