Sober Attack on 87th Anniversary of the Nazi Party 302
Jack writes "ITO is reporting that Sober is scheduled to attack on January 2006 - the data coincides with the 87th anniversary of the Nazi party: "The next planned widespread of 2005's most prolific e-mail worm, Sober, is scheduled to start on January 5, 2006 based on commands hard-coded within the worm. The attack date coincides with the 87th anniversary of the Nazi party.""
Re:Randomness (Score:5, Informative)
If you search before you post, you'll know that Sober-G was used to send out Neo-Nazi spam [atsnn.com]. Buddy Holly was not.
You better be Sober (Score:3, Informative)
Widespread is an adjective! (Score:3, Informative)
See: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/widespread [m-w.com]
Main Entry: widespread
Pronunciation: 'wId-'spred
Function: adjective
1 : widely diffused or prevalent - ex: "widespread public interest"
2 : widely extended or spread out - ex: "low, widespread hood and fenders"br>
The Grammar Nazis never miss a chance at spoiling an event.
Re:Anniversary of Nazi Party... So what? (Score:2, Informative)
So either the Sober author is indeed a neonazi or the neonazis rented the Sober-infected botnets.
Re:Anniversary of Nazi Party... So what? (Score:5, Informative)
If you go here [infoworld.com] you will find that the Sober worm directs people to neo-nazi websites, and sends emails with subjects like "Dresden Bombing Is To Be Regretted Enormously" and "60 Years of Freedom: Who's Celebrating?"
Given just what
87th Anniversary Connection (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Coincides has the same root as Coincidence (Score:3, Informative)
-Joe
Joe Stewart, GCIH
Senior Security Researcher
LURHQ http://www.lurhq.com/ [lurhq.com]
Re:Coincides has the same root as Coincidence (Score:4, Informative)
-Joe
Joe Stewart, GCIH
Senior Security Researcher
LURHQ http://www.lurhq.com/ [lurhq.com]
Re:Why are these people so attracted to the Nazis? (Score:2, Informative)
kids today... (Score:3, Informative)
Its available online.
Just read it, and see why the GP is a load of crap.
Re:Why are these people so attracted to the Nazis? (Score:4, Informative)
This worm was used for Neo Nazi spam. (Score:4, Informative)
Examples (Score:1, Informative)
Re:do the math... (Score:3, Informative)
Among radio amateurs, "88" is a code word for "love and kisses". In communications, context is everything.
Re:Godwined in the summary? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Why are these people so attracted to the Nazis? (Score:3, Informative)