Today I ran across this article... http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20100320160620/Article/index_html
... in which it is noted that Kaspersky Labs "recently discovered the resurgence of the malicious programme (Koobface) and sounded the alarm." Gentlemen, I beg to differ. I first mentioned the resurgence of Koobface on February 23rd, 2010 here... http://proxyobsession.net/?p=827 I admit I did not "sound the alarm". I simply lol'd because Koobface is one sign of the EPIC FAIL of the security industry. Just ask Dancho Danchev. He's made quite a name for himself by doing absolutely nothing worthwhile about Koobface except raising his won blood pressure spewing vitriol about "The Koobface Gang" (sorry, Danny, but I'm not part of "the gang". I'm just another BlogSpot loser). For those wondering, I am not a hacker. I am a Big Time Security Professional (you may remember me if you Google "Websense Policy Bypass" - unfortuantely those bastards at Warner Brothers killed the soundtrack to my YouTube video). But I am at heart a skeptic, disappointed at what the security industry has become. I created my Proxy List (http://www.mrhinkydink.com/proxies.htm) two years ago as a tool for an as yet unpublished paper on open SOCKS proxies in the wild. It has had the unintended side effect of tracking the spread of Koobface, since Kooberz proxies exclusively (until this month) appear on TCP port 8085. And it has tracked it quite well. I'd like to take this opportunity to say "Hello" (no, not "GREETZ") to all the Cameroonian Puppy Scammers (papa Dollars, STARVO, Dabbleed, et. al.) who abuse my proxy list. Enough is enough. Get a real job, fellas. http://proxyobession.net http://mrhinkydink.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/mrhinkydink : (Follow me! I have no friends!) : _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
