Apparently some of the new strains of the Big Four viruses (Netsky, Beagle, Welchia, and Sober) are getting a little smarter. I just got a Beagle.M-infected message. So what’s so good about this one? Here’s what the body of the message was:
Dear user of Mainesites.net e-mail server gateway,
Your e-mail account will be disabled because of improper using in next
three days, if you are still wishing to use it, please, resign your
account information.For further details see the attach.
Password:
Kind regards,
The Mainesites.net team http://www.mainesites.net
Would be tempting if I didn’t OWN mainesites.net.
So, once again, DON’T OPEN ATTACHMENTS unless you SPECIFICALLY asked for them. If you have a question, e-mail the person who e-mailed you and ask if the attachment is safe. Be ESPECIALLY wary of attachments between 20 and 30 KB.
I ph33r the day when hackers learn good English and good social engineering.