Another rant of mine on ubu-users

[Basil Chupin]

On 03/02/12 15:19, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:24 +1100
> Basil Chupin<blchupin at iinet.net.au>  wrote:
>
> [HTML mail]
>
>>    Threat from new virus-infected emails which take over your PC even
>> if you DON'T open their attachment
>>
>>
>> A new class of cyber attack is threatening PCs - emails which infect
>> PCs without the user having to open an attachment.
>>
>> The user will not even be warned this is happening - the only message
>> that appears is 'loading'.
>> ....................
>> The new generation of e-mail-borne malware consists of HTML e-mails
>> which automatically downloads malware when the e-mail is opened.'
>>
>>
>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2094982/Threat-new-virus-infected-emails-PC-DONT-open-attachments.html
>>
>> BC
> I was going to reply  that this isn't likely to be a problem for us
> GNU/Linux users (security through obscurity if nothing else),

The assumption is always made that such things can only be a problem on 
Windows and/or Mac systems.

While the article makes no claim as to which systems are susceptible 
(they never do mention this anyway :-( ) but I see no reason why Linux 
cannot be affected because even Linux uses javascript - and I suspect, 
but do not know, of course - that this html malware would be using java.


>   then
> remembered that Ubuntu is drawing Win users by the scores and
> multitudes who still run their boxen on that vile POS. It is,
> therefore, a realistic problem which further verifies my own concerns.
>
> Ubuntu, listen up!
>
> Cybe R. Wizard
BC

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