Fileave.com was probably well on its way to becoming the preferred free file hosting service for the malware authors. However, the site’s ISP “Hurrican Electric, Inc.” finally decided to shutdown this site and its associated ripway.com.

We can breath a temporary sigh of relief, for its only a matter of time before the malware authors find a new site to host their parasite.

Lokesh Kumar
K7 TCL

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As an increasingly influential global player, India has many belligerent foes, both external and internal. At the recent Combined Commanders Conference of the Armed Forces, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, referred to the need for India to stand on its own two feet in formulating a robust response to threats facing the nation. The context of the PM’s reference was related to the development of indigenous defence technologies, which is considered a “national security objective”. Indeed, mention was made of the involvement of private industry in achieving these goals.

National security requirements have major implications for the IT industry, especially indigenous technological entities. The PM made the following statement:

“Cyber threats are emerging as a major source of worry. Cyber and information warfare could qualitatively change the concept of a battlefield.”

There is a recognition of the requirement for a close and productive relationship between the Ministry of Defence and private industry, the IT security industry included, in the development of the nation’s defences in all forms of warfare.

A presentation on cyber warfare at the recently concluded Virus Bulletin 2011 security conference suggests that India’s response to and defence against cyber attacks can be considered sub-optimal at this point in time. There is clearly a recognition of this vulnerability in the higher echelons of government and the Ministry of Defence. It remains to be seen how defence policy incorporates the knowledge and skills of the IT security sector in formulating strategies for combating cyber warfare. We must all, of course, do our bit to safeguard the nation’s security.

* Image courtesy of cyberlawsinindia.blogspot.com

Samir Mody
Senior Manager, K7TCL

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• A fake website created by simply ripping content off the original site and pasting them on the spurious one

• A bait which engages potentially attractive terms like “Watch nude girls now”, “You’ve won a million dollars”, “Find what your neighbor is up to “, etc. to attract victims

• Scare mongering by using words like “Account has been suspended”, “Computer found to be infected”, “Severe action will taken” etc.

• Create a YouTube video

Yes, you read that right!! Phishers now go to the depths of creating videos explaining to the potential victim how to execute the phish. Call it a “how-to-guide” to give your secrets away, if you’d like.

The site under discussion http://fbshirts.[Blocked], apart from having all the usual elements of a phish also has a video on YouTube instructing users how to give away their Facebook “mobile email address”. This is a personalized email address used to post status updates straight to your profile.

Users who’ve fallen victim to this scam will have a spam message posted on their facebook wall like the one below:

One would like to think that no one would fall victim for such a scam. But the number of hits that this video has received, (80,432 and counting) paints a bleak picture. See image below:

Our usual sentiments about keeping one’s security solutions up-to-date and being vary of giving one’s personal information to unknown sites apply.

Lokesh Kumar
K7 TCL

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