Social engineering tactics of the Koobface botnet
Scareware affiliate network used by Koobface botnet
Starting in later September, 2009, the Koobface botnet became a major player in the scareware business model by including a pop-up script on each and every of the hundreds of thousands of infected hosts. Rotating the scareware domains every 24 hours results in a lower detection rate, which helps them better monetize the botnet.
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You might want to check out the 3rd image for the article "Koobface October 2009 Youtube spoof". There is some words in it that some might not want to see.
Never download flash from anywhere but adobe, and if a
site says your player is out of date, then manually go to
adobe yourself. If adobe says your flash player is up to
date, another site says it's not and wants you to install
from a .exe from their site, then it's time to rip your
ethernet cable from the wall, immediately unplug your
computer, open case, remove hd, call a priest for an
exorcism, then finish by shooting said hd with silver
bullets and soaking the corpse generously with holy
water... You know, just in case...
site says your player is out of date, then manually go to
adobe yourself. If adobe says your flash player is up to
date, another site says it's not and wants you to install
from a .exe from their site, then it's time to rip your
ethernet cable from the wall, immediately unplug your
computer, open case, remove hd, call a priest for an
exorcism, then finish by shooting said hd with silver
bullets and soaking the corpse generously with holy
water... You know, just in case...
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