[IP] Warning re: "FBI spying on Facebook" link come-ons

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Lauren Weinstein [lauren@vortex.com]
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 12:21 PM
To: David Farber
Cc: lauren@vortex.com
Subject: Warning re: "FBI spying on Facebook" link come-ons

Dave,

Just a quick warning.  One of the more obnoxious of the spam-based
worm/virus lures -- which lately has turned to using a variety of
alarming-sounding "in the news" type subject texts, is now spewing
forth a variety of text on the general theme of "FBI is spying
on Facebook users" -- "FBI wants instant access to Facebook" --
"Facebook under attack by FBI" -- and so on.

These messages, all extremely short, may point at a text URL or a
purely numeric IP address URL.

Regardless of what the FBI is or isn't doing in relation to Facebook,
readers are urged to resist the temptation to explore any of the
links presented by this nasty bot, which is becoming increasingly
sophisticated in its choice of lure subjects.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren@vortex.com or lauren@pfir.org
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
   - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad
   - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com





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