[OPLINLIST] Virginia Tragedy and The Web

[Frank Atkinson]

This is part of a PCWorld article talking about how some web spammers and
phishers have reacted to the Virginia tragedy. A link to the official
Virginia Tech site is included as well as a link to the whole article..

 

After emergencies and disasters, fraudulent Web sites purporting to collect
charity money also tend to emerge. So far, more than 450 domain names
related to the Virginia Tech shooting have been registered that look
questionable, wrote Johannes Ullrich, chief technical officer for the
Internet Storm Center, part of the SANS Institute, which monitors the health
of the Internet. 

The registrations have occurred at a faster pace than ones after Hurricane
Katrina struck New Orleans in August 2005, Ullrich wrote on Monday.
<http://www.dshield.org/diary.html> 

SANS has posted <http://isc.sans.org/domaincheck.html>  a list of suspicious
domains and their status. Virginia Tech has has set up an official site
<http://www.vt.edu/>  with information on a memorial fund.

 

http://www.pcworld.com/article/130976-1/article.html?tk=nl_dnxnws

 

 

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