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Re: [Wlug] Check out my photos on Facebook

by Clint Moyer

But wait, don't you know that even Oprah is on Twitter? ---- "J. R. Mauro" <jrm8005(a)gmail.com> wrote: ============= Social networking sites: the AIM-virus host of the new millenium. Don't touch it with a stick, kids. All you need is IRC, BBS, public_html, and an email address. On Apr 29, 2009, at 17:11, Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> wrote: >> From: Eric Stein <eastein(a)WPI.EDU> >> >> I believe I speak for us all when I ask WHAT THE HELL? > > For a while I thought Facebook might be evil. > > Now I know for sure. > > For those (are there still some) who have not seen > this before, be assured that Jason did not write > this message, it is autogenerated in the name of > anyone who gets curious enough to touch Facebook. > > They have tricks for getting your address list and > using it to spam everyone from your mother to your > boss. > > Don't touch it. > >> Hi Worcester, > > The cheeky autospammer addresses Worcester Linux Group > by his first name. > >> I set up a Facebook profile where I can post my >> pictures, videos and events and I want to add you as >> a friend so you can see it. First, you need to join >> Facebook! Once you join, you can also create your own >> profile. > > This paragraph is identical to three or four I have > gotten from other people, often through mailing lists. > >> Thanks, >> Jason > > That signature is forged. > > THAT'S not a sig, THIS is a sig: > > -- Keith > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

April 29, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Check out my photos on Facebook

by J. R. Mauro

Social networking sites: the AIM-virus host of the new millenium. Don't touch it with a stick, kids. All you need is IRC, BBS, public_html, and an email address. On Apr 29, 2009, at 17:11, Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> wrote: >> From: Eric Stein <eastein(a)WPI.EDU> >> >> I believe I speak for us all when I ask WHAT THE HELL? > > For a while I thought Facebook might be evil. > > Now I know for sure. > > For those (are there still some) who have not seen > this before, be assured that Jason did not write > this message, it is autogenerated in the name of > anyone who gets curious enough to touch Facebook. > > They have tricks for getting your address list and > using it to spam everyone from your mother to your > boss. > > Don't touch it. > >> Hi Worcester, > > The cheeky autospammer addresses Worcester Linux Group > by his first name. > >> I set up a Facebook profile where I can post my >> pictures, videos and events and I want to add you as >> a friend so you can see it. First, you need to join >> Facebook! Once you join, you can also create your own >> profile. > > This paragraph is identical to three or four I have > gotten from other people, often through mailing lists. > >> Thanks, >> Jason > > That signature is forged. > > THAT'S not a sig, THIS is a sig: > > -- Keith > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

April 29, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Check out my photos on Facebook

by Eric Stein

He got his spam in our WLUG! I think Frank WLUG'd his spam just now. Eric Richard Klein wrote: > He got his facebook in our WLUG! Or did we get our WLUG in his facebook? > >

April 29, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Check out my photos on Facebook

by Richard Klein

He got his facebook in our WLUG! Or did we get our WLUG in his facebook? -- Rich On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Eric Stein <eastein(a)wpi.edu> wrote: > I believe I speak for us all when I ask WHAT THE HELL?

April 29, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Check out my photos on Facebook

by Eric Stein

I believe I speak for us all when I ask WHAT THE HELL? Eric Jason Couture wrote: > facebook > > Jason Couture > <http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=583720669&k=ZWMX5WQ2U4W1UCCFQKWUS3W> > Jason Couture has: > 14 friends > 0 photos > notes > 2 wall posts > 5 groups > > > > > Check out my photos on Facebook > > > Hi Worcester, > > I set up a Facebook profile where I can post my pictures, videos and > events and I want to add you as a friend so you can see it. First, you > need to join Facebook! Once you join, you can also create your own > profile. > > Thanks, > Jason > > To sign up for Facebook, follow the link below: > http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=583720669&k=ZWMX5WQ2U4W1UCCFQKWUS3W&r > <http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=583720669&k=ZWMX5WQ2U4W1UCCFQKWUS3W&r> > > wlug(a)mail.wlug.org was invited to join Facebook by Jason Couture. If > you do not wish to receive this type of email from Facebook in the > future, please click here > <http://www.facebook.com/o.php?k=18063b&u=1760989286&mid=6278f6G68f69066G0G8> > to unsubscribe. > Facebook's offices are located at 156 University Ave., Palo Alto, CA > 94301. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

April 29, 2009

Check out my photos on Facebook

by Jason Couture

Hi Worcester, I set up a Facebook profile where I can post my pictures, videos and events and I want to add you as a friend so you can see it. First, you need to join Facebook! Once you join, you can also create your own profile. Thanks, Jason To sign up for Facebook, follow the link below: http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=583720669&k=ZWMX5WQ2U4W1UCCFQKWUS3W&r wlug(a)mail.wlug.org was invited to join Facebook by Jason Couture. If you do not wish to receive this type of email from Facebook in the future, please click on the link below to unsubscribe. http://www.facebook.com/o.php?k=18063b&u=1760989286&mid=6278f6G68f69066G0G8 Facebook's offices are located at 156 University Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301.

April 29, 2009

Re: [Wlug] odd entry in /etc/passwd

by Theo Van Dinter

LDAP doesn't let your fingers do the walking... On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:57 PM, J.R. Mauro <jrm8005(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Frank Sweetser <fs(a)wpi.edu> wrote: >> Eric Martin wrote: >>> So I just found an odd entry in /etc/passwd on one of my servers: >>> >>> +:::::: >>> >>> Of course I'm not running tripwire on it so I can't be assured of the >>> last time I edited the file / did anything to edit it. etc/shadow >>> doesn't have the entry but shadow is only checked if the second field is >>> x, right? >>> >>> I'm running Suse and I've been using yast lately, could that have >>> anything to do with it? I hope it does as I really hope I don't have to >>> run a full audit on the box. >> >> Looks like it's part of NIS/NIS+ configuration: > > people still use NIS? > >> >> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/plus-minus-sign-in-unix-linux-passwd-file/ >> >> -- >> Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that >> WPI Senior Network Engineer | is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL Mencken >> GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

April 29, 2009

Re: [Wlug] odd entry in /etc/passwd

by Eric Martin

Frank Sweetser wrote: > Eric Martin wrote: > >> So I just found an odd entry in /etc/passwd on one of my servers: >> >> +:::::: >> >> Of course I'm not running tripwire on it so I can't be assured of the >> last time I edited the file / did anything to edit it. etc/shadow >> doesn't have the entry but shadow is only checked if the second field is >> x, right? >> >> I'm running Suse and I've been using yast lately, could that have >> anything to do with it? I hope it does as I really hope I don't have to >> run a full audit on the box. >> > > Looks like it's part of NIS/NIS+ configuration: > > http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/plus-minus-sign-in-unix-linux-passwd-file/ > > Thanks Frank! I googled +:::::: and nothing came back. I was just about to go hit my Hacking Exposed books as I though I remembered something from there. NIS was off in Yast, but it's good to know that I'm (probably) not hacked.

April 29, 2009

Re: [Wlug] odd entry in /etc/passwd

by J.R. Mauro

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Frank Sweetser <fs(a)wpi.edu> wrote: > Eric Martin wrote: >> So I just found an odd entry in /etc/passwd on one of my servers: >> >> +:::::: >> >> Of course I'm not running tripwire on it so I can't be assured of the >> last time I edited the file / did anything to edit it. etc/shadow >> doesn't have the entry but shadow is only checked if the second field is >> x, right? >> >> I'm running Suse and I've been using yast lately, could that have >> anything to do with it? I hope it does as I really hope I don't have to >> run a full audit on the box. > > Looks like it's part of NIS/NIS+ configuration: people still use NIS? > > http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/plus-minus-sign-in-unix-linux-passwd-file/ > > -- > Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that > WPI Senior Network Engineer | is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL Mencken > GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

April 29, 2009

Re: [Wlug] odd entry in /etc/passwd

by Frank Sweetser

Eric Martin wrote: > So I just found an odd entry in /etc/passwd on one of my servers: > > +:::::: > > Of course I'm not running tripwire on it so I can't be assured of the > last time I edited the file / did anything to edit it. etc/shadow > doesn't have the entry but shadow is only checked if the second field is > x, right? > > I'm running Suse and I've been using yast lately, could that have > anything to do with it? I hope it does as I really hope I don't have to > run a full audit on the box. Looks like it's part of NIS/NIS+ configuration: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/plus-minus-sign-in-unix-linux-passwd-file/ -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that WPI Senior Network Engineer | is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL Mencken GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC

April 29, 2009