Comments on: Real-World Social Engineering to Spread Malware Online http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2009/02/04/real-world-social-engineering-to-spread-malware-online/ Cutting edge security research as it happens....... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:26:54 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Pc’s besmet met Trojan via nepparkeerboetes « Cops in cyberspace Blog http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2009/02/04/real-world-social-engineering-to-spread-malware-online/comment-page-1/#comment-754510 Pc’s besmet met Trojan via nepparkeerboetes « Cops in cyberspace Blog Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:12:24 +0000 http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=798#comment-754510 [...] Dit nepprogramma bleek een zogenaamde dropper, die nóg meer malware kan binnenloodsen. Ook McAfee maakt melding van de ‘parkeerboninfectie’. Autobezitters in Grand Forks, North Dakota zijn dus [...] [...] Dit nepprogramma bleek een zogenaamde dropper, die nóg meer malware kan binnenloodsen. Ook McAfee maakt melding van de ‘parkeerboninfectie’. Autobezitters in Grand Forks, North Dakota zijn dus [...]

]]> By: Any cleaver romantic ideas to do for someone you really like? | Some Dumb Guy http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2009/02/04/real-world-social-engineering-to-spread-malware-online/comment-page-1/#comment-733641 Any cleaver romantic ideas to do for someone you really like? | Some Dumb Guy Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:29:35 +0000 http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=798#comment-733641 [...] Computer Security Research - McAfee Avert Labs Blog [...] [...] Computer Security Research – McAfee Avert Labs Blog [...]

]]> By: Brian Turner http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2009/02/04/real-world-social-engineering-to-spread-malware-online/comment-page-1/#comment-733459 Brian Turner Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:05:27 +0000 http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=798#comment-733459 It's pretty scary to see virus attacks moving from online to offline - however, it'll be interesting to see if existing surveillance technology will therefore make tracking down perpetrators easier. After all, harder to work with anonymous proxies and zombie machines in the offline world - unless, of course, these people are being recruited by supposed "work from home" internet business schemes. 2c. It’s pretty scary to see virus attacks moving from online to offline – however, it’ll be interesting to see if existing surveillance technology will therefore make tracking down perpetrators easier. After all, harder to work with anonymous proxies and zombie machines in the offline world – unless, of course, these people are being recruited by supposed “work from home” internet business schemes. 2c.

]]> By: Hacked – in the parking lot? | csmonitor.com http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2009/02/04/real-world-social-engineering-to-spread-malware-online/comment-page-1/#comment-733365 Hacked – in the parking lot? | csmonitor.com Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:33:17 +0000 http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=798#comment-733365 [...] for some, both the original file and the subsequent download were already identified on McAfee’s security software as [...] [...] for some, both the original file and the subsequent download were already identified on McAfee’s security software as [...]

]]> By: Overheard - How a windshield becomes an attack vector - Overheard in the tech blogosphere http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2009/02/04/real-world-social-engineering-to-spread-malware-online/comment-page-1/#comment-733346 Overheard - How a windshield becomes an attack vector - Overheard in the tech blogosphere Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:15:04 +0000 http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=798#comment-733346 [...] website was a malware drop. Lenny Zeltser (SANS Institute) explains how the scam worked. Later on, McAfee’s Avert Labs Blog identified the Trojan as [...]

]]> By: Parking Ticket Hackers | the quantum box | ariseMedia http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2009/02/04/real-world-social-engineering-to-spread-malware-online/comment-page-1/#comment-732738 Parking Ticket Hackers | the quantum box | ariseMedia Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:34:38 +0000 http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=798#comment-732738 [...] virus, identified as the Vundo Trojan virus was originally posted on McAfee’s Avert Labs Blog earlier this [...] [...] virus, identified as the Vundo Trojan virus was originally posted on McAfee’s Avert Labs Blog earlier this [...]

]]> By: GovernmentSecurity.org http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2009/02/04/real-world-social-engineering-to-spread-malware-online/comment-page-1/#comment-732456 GovernmentSecurity.org Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:54:34 +0000 http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=798#comment-732456 Highly effective yes. But can this method really be used to generate a large number of victims before it is shut down. The fact that it requires physical interaction which reduces the anonymity of the perpetrator is also going to reduce the number of times we see this happening. Perhaps a more effective and more profitable crime would be issuing fake parking tickets and then allowing people to pay them online at a reduced rate. Say $20. If people though they were saving $50 on a parking fine they will probably be less eager to question the ticket. Highly effective yes. But can this method really be used to generate a large number of victims before it is shut down. The fact that it requires physical interaction which reduces the anonymity of the perpetrator is also going to reduce the number of times we see this happening.

Perhaps a more effective and more profitable crime would be issuing fake parking tickets and then allowing people to pay them online at a reduced rate. Say $20. If people though they were saving $50 on a parking fine they will probably be less eager to question the ticket.

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