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Ray Minich
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Danger Will Robinson...

Post by Ray Minich »

The other day there was a story on several of the websites about a recently released Navy report on malware and spyware. I followed the links and downloaded the report.

Interestingly enough, I have two monitors running, and I keep Process Explorer (from Microsoft, free download) running in the 2nd screen just to monitor for funny things happening.

When I went to the download link, two instances of some "Control Panel" processes popped up in Process Explorer and quickly disappeared. Most unusual for a website. One of the most recent attack vectors has to do with a weakness in control panel.

Maybe the feds are fishing?

Either that or the Russkies are "modifying" high value high traffic websites to include their own brand of greeting cards.
Lawyers are done: Emmons SD-10, 3 Dekleys including a D10, NV400, and lots of effects units to cover my clams...