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Re: FW: Facebook may get 'panic button'
From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:16:58 -0800
Date sent: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:26:20 +0100 From: Martin Tomasek <tomasek () ufe cz>
This is a message from facebook security department. Your account has been hacked and we need to verify your identity. Please press 'panic' button and type in your father's name and address. If we'll be unable to verify your identity, we'll be forced to cancel your facebook account in 7 days. Thank you for cooperation, ...
Cheat! That's meta-malware, using social engineering so that you don't have to do any technical stuff, and so that it always works, ... Oh, ... wait ... ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rslade () vcn bc ca slade () victoria tc ca rslade () computercrime org If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one? - Abraham Lincoln victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm blog.isc2.org/isc2_blog/slade/index.html http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ http://twitter.com/NoticeBored http://twitter.com/rslade _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
Current thread:
- FW: Facebook may get 'panic button' Larry Seltzer (Mar 18)
- Re: FW: Facebook may get 'panic button' Martin Tomasek (Mar 18)
- Re: FW: Facebook may get 'panic button' Robert Portvliet (Mar 18)
- Re: FW: Facebook may get 'panic button' Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Mar 18)
- Re: FW: Facebook may get 'panic button' Daniel Otis (Mar 18)
- Re: FW: Facebook may get 'panic button' Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 18)
- Re: FW: Facebook may get 'panic button' Larry Seltzer (Mar 18)
- Re: FW: Facebook may get 'panic button' Dan Kaminsky (Mar 18)
- Re: FW: Facebook may get 'panic button' Joel Esler (Mar 18)
- Re: FW: Facebook may get 'panic button' Tomas L. Byrnes (Mar 19)
- Re: FW: Facebook may get 'panic button' Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 18)
- Re: FW: Facebook may get 'panic button' Tomas L. Byrnes (Mar 19)
- Re: FW: Facebook may get 'panic button' Dan Kaminsky (Mar 19)
- Re: FW: Facebook may get 'panic button' Dave Paris (Mar 19)
- Re: FW: Facebook may get 'panic button' Tomas L. Byrnes (Mar 19)
- Re: FW: Facebook may get 'panic button' Martin Tomasek (Mar 18)