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Beware of hacker bothering CD users
Had an interesting experience tonight. Someone with screen name "LiLWsTsiDeOuTLaW" IMed me out of no where in the middle of the night, saying How r u I need hlp with outlook u from that robot thing right from that forum right ken?
As I try to figure out what he (I assume he's a he) needed help with, he kept changing the topic, something about an error with command prompt, and then something about a problem on his computer. He kept pretending he doesn't know anything about computers. Then he started trying to send me files over AIM, he claimed they are screen shots of errors on his desktop. I immediately got suspicious and rejected the files. He kept trying to send files to me and gave up after a few times, and I stopped talking to him. Then I checked his AIM profile and it say the following things: Downloading Virus... 58% Date: 4/12/2006 Time: 1:17:22 AM Name: *edited* Ip: *edited* Status: Deleting C Drive... Buying a computer: $1,500 Getting The Internet: $50 Seeing your face after noticing I was hacking into your computer: Priceless Pinging... Success Hacking In... Success Deleting C Drive... All I can say is... Becareful about random people IMing you trying to send you files... I am only bringing this up because he got my AIM screen name on Chief Delphi, and if he can get mine he can get anyone else's. He may or may not be related to the recent attacks on this forum. Just thought I should bring it up... |
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Ken, could we make this a sticky for a few weeks so others on here have a good chance of seeing this. I'd hate to hear about one of our members on here getting attacked. :mad: |
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We don't need to fret the profile stuff. It's just a twit acting his age, or shoe size, whichever is lowest.
As long as the file transfers are rejected, he's impotent, which is most likely the case rejected or not. I bet he gets rejected a lot - it would explain all that time on his hands. :) |
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Just as a precaution everyone might want to run a good antiviral and firewall program, as well as a malware scanner. I recommend the following:
Ad-Aware Personal - Malware Scanner - www.lavasoft.com Spybot S&D - Malware Scanner - www.safer-networking.org AVG Anti-Virus -Anti-viral - http://free.grisoft.com ZoneAlarm Basic - Simple Firewall Package - http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_za.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=US&lang=en&lid=dbtop nav_zass That's a nice little software package right there that pretty much stops 99.95% of all trouble, and makes handling the rest pretty easy. It's all freely available software (at least it was last I checked :) ) Also keep your operating system patched and updated with all the latest fixes and such. If anyone suspects they're compromised send me a PM with your reasoning (why you think you're compromised) and I'll see what I have on hand to help you. Also, a tip from Joseph Matt: Quote:
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I'm no computer genious like Matt but I would not recommend Zone Alarm. Causes more trouble than it's worth if you ask me. I've also heard stories of it destroying the Windows XP TCP/IP stack if it is uninstalled improperly.
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Also, I should note that the builtin Windows Firewall has a not so hot track record, I wouldn't recommend using it alone, or at all. Plus if you have a router, your behind a hardware firewall as well, but (at least in the case of Linksys) it's a friendly helpful one and may unblock ports if it thinks you wanted it to :) So I would still have a software firewall. |
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A combination of a router, windows firewall and free zonealarm will work fine. I use them on both my PCs an haven't had any trouble.
The free Zonealarm does not have uninstall issues like the full version. I uninstalled both. |
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I use a combination of spyware doctor, spybot search & destroy, and Norton Antivirus, so I wasn't worried... On the other hand, it's just a good idea not to accept any files from a stranger. Who knows what they have on that file? (What are the chances that he is sending something especially "choice", knowing that it will do more damage than more benign virus/spyware.)
Anyway, I just thought I would like to give you guys a heads up. Especially since the attack on CD forum shortly ago. I would hate it if someone actually downloaded something from random people claiming to be from this forum, got their computer damaged, and never come back because of that. |
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There is a way hackers can cause you grief without gaining control of your computer.
Dont use the same password on any of your internet accounts. A hacker can monitor the raw traffic from your IP address. As you log into different websites the encryption is all different, BUT if you use use same password for different accounts there are programs that will analize the encrypted 'hash' and figure out your password. The prevention is easy - use a different password for every website account you have. |
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This same person sent me the same message and I figured it out and blocked him immediately. He probably just made a random account to hack. At the time he tryed this with me (last week), his profile (assuming it's a he) only listed "I have computer trouble" so I was leinient at First. Than I got a funny message while trying to send him a picture of our robot (last thing he asked for before I realized) that said "You are currently recieving a -Virus- Would You Like To Continue?" so I just blocked him from any access to me (no IP access, no open port access,etc.) so I than checked and my Laptop(Click Here to view CD post about my laptop) and it's fine. I payed I think 4 or 5 grand at the time.
Just be alert and everyone should be fine. Tomasz Bania |
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EDIT: Heh, just figured it out..you paid for the computer... Nevermind. Glad to hear he wasn't able to do any damage. It's most likely just a prank. |
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i haven't had any damage to any of my computers but i have encountered strange random people that say they got my screen name from CD asking me to connect with them so they could either get or send a file.
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Yes, I understand that, but on a PPC PowerBook I feel pretty safe, not inpenitrable, but still very safe. I accadentaly had my Bluetooth on in the airport (where I'm posting now), and I got an ping from a Nokia phone to connect to me and give me a file. I kinda chuckled, and declined. I now have bluetooth turned off, I had it on just incase i needed to use it. |
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anybody with that sort of thing in their profile poses no threat. Anybody attempting the simple social engineering tricks mentioned earlier poses no threat. I don't think there is a single person on these forums who would fall for that.
I wonder how old this dweeb is what his motivations are. |
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one thing is for sure - we have totally made his day - he is drooling on his keyboard each time he reads this thread "YEAH! Someone is talking about ME!..."
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Some time ago, I wrote an article for the Tucson Amateur Packet Radio (TAPR) newsletter Packet Status Register. You can find the article on Page 8 of this issue. I have also uploaded a copy below. I strongly urge everyone to read and follow the suggestions given. It will bring your security level to a very high point with minimal effort, and in fact, I never forget a site's password, ever, these days - 'cause I know my core. (I do forget user names though... :o Don |
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This would probably explain random IM's I've been getting lately. I was assuming it was just a spam bot trying to pretend to be human, but it seemed to be doing a very poor job of it, as it wouldn't even reply to the short reply I sent back to it. If it's the same guy, it's amusing to know that he's failing the Turing Test.
Also amusing would be setting up a honeypot or something and accepting one of the transfers so you could grab his IP and inform his ISP that he's an idiot. As he doesn't sound clever enough to even be using a proxy. |
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computer security 101:
1)Make sure the source is trust worthy 2)file transfer over AIM rarely a good idea... 3) Use a Virus scan on any/all downloaded files 4) also check for files added that you were unaware about 5) check date modified on all files on your computer and scan those if it changed 6)Firewalls are usually helpful 7)Make sure all vital data is backed up so if in case of an emergency you can wipe your computer and start fresh and restore the vital files(ex: tax documents etc.) Please feel Free to add on anything I may have over looked but I believe following these guidelines should keep you safe from a majority of if not all unwanted computer invasions |
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