Archive for the 'Spam, Phish, Viruses and Hackers' Category

Jul 25

Comment Spam

The graph above is the last six months of Spam received by Chiriquí Chatter.
The amount of Spam, that Chiriquí Chatter receives each day, never ceases to amaze me.
For some reason, it dramatically increased in March. Many days, I may have up to 100 spam comments . I have to look at each comment, to make [...]

Jul 21

An Email Worthless for Reading

I received one of those “forward this to all people you know” emails.
Let it be known, I do not participate in these nonsensical games. If you are depending on me to forward it, I will not, Further more, I hate it that people forward these things with all addressee’s emails showing. Do they not [...]

Apr 12

Another (The Same) Hacker Attack

The hacker was the same as last week.
Whois Reports the following:
Domain Name: CDPUVBHFZZ.COM
Registrar: BIZCN.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.bizcn.com
Referral URL: http://www.bizcn.com
Name Server: NS1.CHBDVRNFAG.COM
Name Server: NS2.CHBDVRNFAG.COM
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 31-mar-2008
Creation Date: 31-mar-2008
Expiration Date: 31-mar-2009
>>> Last update of whois database: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:34:49 UTC <<<
Domain name: cdpuvbhfzz.com
Registrant Contact:
0
Mark Arnold arnold@google.com
+13.193387549 fax: +13.193387549
201 East Benton Street
Iowa City KY [...]

Mar 13

New Way of Obtaining Viruses in Your PCs

If you are a Windows user and also like gadgets, you might want to read THIS ARTICLE.
I have seen some of the digital picture frames in stores here in David.

Oct 29

Cyber Security

On my morning journey through the Internet, I happened to see a press release put out by EDS on Cyber Security tips. Following is their list:

Know the threat. The online world is a dangerous place. Just like any city or town, there are “good” neighborhoods and “bad” ones. Likewise, the Internet community has an overwhelming [...]

Oct 24

A New Virus Making AVs Brain Dead

Here is a new article on the Storm Worm virus. It is “lobotomizing” installed anti-virus software. This virus is apparently also infecting several P2P programs such as BearShare and eDonkey.
If you haven’t yet converted to Apple OSX or better still, UBUNTU, then you need to be cautious out there in cyberspace.

Sep 22

Critical Zero-Day PDF Bug Compromises Windows PCs

Those of you using the Windows environment to read Chiriquí Chatter need to be aware of a new threat that is invading the Windows world. Just when you thought it was safe to view emails containing PDFs. Luckily for me, I am not facing that particular problem.

May 15

Another Note About Comments

I think I have written this before, but maybe it would be worth writing again. I allow all comments to be posted unless the comment is spam. If the comment is related to the post, it will be posted. WordPress has a built in SPAM detection engine and I also use a “Bad Behavior” plug [...]

Apr 22

PanamaForum – A Different Panama Splog

If you are not familiar with the term splog, it stands for spam blog. Splogs rarely, if ever, contain anything created by the splog’s owner. In my opinion PanamaForum.com is a splog. It has a section called Panama Blog Watch where all the entries just happen to be from Chiriquí Chatter.
Granted, this is a variation [...]

Mar 31

Chiriquí Chatter Was Hacked

Chiriquí Chatter was hacked about 10:00 PM last night by a Russian hacker. If you accessed the site after that time it is possible that the hacked program downloaded a virus to your PC.
You should run a complete virus scan on your PC, if you accessed this site between 10:00 PM last night and 1:00 [...]

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