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Ryan Naraine (eweek@telecom-digest.org) Mon, 26 Jun 2006 13:15:44 -0500
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Ryan Naraine - eWEEK
Botnet herders have found a crafty new way to lure computer users to
The latest social engineering trick is to send SMS (short messaging
The message includes a URL for the user to unsubscribe to avoid the $2
According to a warning from anti-virus vendor CA, the URL points to a
The fake dating Web site associated with the scam has been set to
Interestingly, the Web page does not attempt to exploit any software
For advice on how to secure your network and applications, as well as
If the program is run, it installs the Trojan, CA said in its
At press time June 23, the malicious Web site was still active.
Websense Security Labs, a San Diego, Calif., malware research company,
Dumador is controlled by a Web-based HTTP controller that is used to
A botnet is a collection of hijacked computers used to send spam or
While bots are mostly controlled by IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
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