Spammers Announce World War III 334
schliz writes with the stub of a disheartening article at IT News: "Hackers are deluging web users with malware-laden spam claiming that World War III has started following a US invasion of Iran. Security experts warned [yesterday] that spam emails with subject lines including 'Third World War has begun,' '20000 US Soldiers in Iran,' and 'US Army crossed Iran's borders' have been intercepted. The emails contain links to a malicious webpage that displays what appears to be a video player showing the mushroom cloud of a nuclear explosion."
Breaking news! (Score:5, Insightful)
How the hell... (Score:5, Insightful)
Did spam make it to the front page?
It has to be a really slow news day if we get an article explaining what is in specific pieces of spam.
I'm waiting patiently for Slashdot to post the Nigerian folks that always email for the millions they have to give away. Because you know -- that is real news. For nerds. Stuff that matters.
Re:How the hell... (Score:3, Insightful)
Seriously. This is a routine virus, and a routine social exploit. This doesn't even qualify as news that doesn't matter, because then it would have to be news.
I found one of these this morning in my inbox (Score:3, Insightful)
I simply deleted it, just like all the other spam. About once or twice a month I see a clever newish kind of spam subject. Tell me again why this particular spam meme hit the homepage of /.?
Re:Breaking news! (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Censorship set up? (Score:5, Insightful)
I think you might need to loosen your tinfoil hat there a little bit buddy...
massively stupid (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Fools (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Doesn't sound like spam... (Score:1, Insightful)
Confiscate their computers (Score:4, Insightful)
Everyone who is a part of a botnet should have their computer confiscated. They are too dumb to be allowed to have one.
We can easily wipe, the machine's hard drive and then install a new OS and you have a computer to give away to schools.
Two problems solved at once: one less idiot on the net and a free computer for a school.
Spammers started World War III (Score:2, Insightful)
... a long time ago.
Re:Censorship set up? (Score:3, Insightful)
Right, because once e-mail filters out the messages there's absolutely no way for anyone to get information anymore. Well, except for websites, BBSes, Usenet, television, radio, telephone, letters...
Re:Breaking news! (Score:2, Insightful)
Or you could just buy oil futures and let it go up on its own since Americans can't let go of their Suburbans, Tahoes, and Hummers, and Toyota can't make priusi fast enough.
--The FNP
Re:Easy (Score:3, Insightful)
Do you realize how many people get angry, and how many conversation turn ugly becasue someone didn't realize it was sarcasm.
Sarcasm, while funny, is different then a joke.
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested, and the frog dies of it. - E.B.White
Re:Breaking news! (Score:3, Insightful)
Your comment is delightfully self-contradictory.
Silly spammers (Score:2, Insightful)
It can't be WWIII. We don't declare war anymore. Too many hoops to jump through.
Iran would be YAPA (Yet Another Police Action).
Re:Breaking news! (Score:3, Insightful)
oil futures aren't exactly a junk stock. good luck making an impact on those prices with a spam email campaign. there's a reason they usually target little stuff you've never heard of.
Re:Breaking news! (Score:3, Insightful)
Yeah, but that increase has been priced in for months. If you want to make profit now you have to change the game a little.
Re:Motives for Spam and Country of origin (Score:2, Insightful)
Obviously, there are countries out there that would like the US&As reputation damaged, and this may help do that.
I'd say the USA is doing that just fine, they don't need any help.
Re:Breaking news! (Score:4, Insightful)
The nuclear waste issue still hasn't changed, until someone finds a way to filter out the Radio Active stuff from the Non Radio Active stuff, nuclear waste is f'ing dangerous.
Breeder reactors make that waste dramatically less dangerous and reduce the half-life to something potentially manageable on a human time scale.