Krackin to get stormed - don't go there!

Security Bytes tells us that the Storm Worm - you know, that million plus behemoth that's been sending us first notices of e-cards, then image spam, then PDF spam, and again e-card notices - has branched out again to invite you to a bogus file sharing scheme - all in the name of downloading and installing itself onto your computer.

According to Security Bytes, Krackin - "the new global sharing network" is a fake. Don't go there.

While we're talking about Storm - they're now sending out pump-and-dump stock blasts using MP3 audio files. The files contain computer-generated voice masquerading as songs by Elvis or other artists.

The good news is that so far they have not figured out how to infect the MP3 with anything but bad advice ;)

Rumors of Storm dieing out or getting smaller don't seem to amount to much. The latest info is that it appears the creator/owner is making it possible to sell off or rent out pieces of the Storm. Couple that with the fact that the Storm seems to take as a personal affront any attempt to figure it out by downloading it more than a couple of times, or scanning any of its command-control systems - and applies a DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack on the spam-fighters who try - sometimes lasting days and having hundreds of thousands of machines take part.

This means you still (and always as usual) need to really think about what you're seeing in e-mail. If it looks out of place in your in box - it probably is - don't go there!

Adobe has issued a patch/update for a critical flaw in Adobe Reader and Acrobat programs. SANS Internet Storm Center says there is already bad PDFs out "in the wild" where they are being sent to unsuspecting viewers such as you. Again (and again and again) if you are not expecting an e-mail with an attachment, don't open it until you confirm that it was in fact sent to you by someone you deal with for a good reason.