What RUINED your day today?

[RopeFiend]

A disturbing email.

The sender claimed to have control of my computer's camera and microphone and informed me that he had a video of me "pleasuring" myself while watching a porn site online. I have 48-hours to send $700 to a blind spam account or that video will be sent to all my contacts.

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Remmy

PM sent.  Try it and lemme know the results.

[Athos_131]

Usually a keylogger is part of a larger program like a rootkit or malware engine.  A keylogger saves all of your keystrokes to a file, and may periodically send it off to a remote site.  A rootkit wraps that up with several other tools to give someone complete control over your computer... they can drive it remotely, look under the covers to see where you've been, silently search your computer for passwords, or set triggers when you access certain websites (like your bank).  All the encryption in the world won't protect you 'cos it's unencrypted once it leaves the tunnel, or else you'd never be able to read / see it.  If you can see it, so can a rootkit.  If you type it, a keylogger can monitor it.

I was cleaning what I'd thought was a virus from one lady's computer and found an early form of rootkit with a keylogger.  In it's log file I saw her log into her bank, and it had the userid and password in plain text.  I immediately deleted the file (even before I was done cleaning) and called her, telling her to go to a friend's computer and change her bank password and anything else important she'd accessed in the last month.  Do it now, as I don't know if this has gotten out yet.  Luckily we caught it in time, and she was secure once she'd changed her passwords.  They didn't beat her to it.

Thank you for explaining this.

#Resist

[ObiDongKenobi]

A disturbing email.

The sender claimed to have control of my computer's camera and microphone and informed me that he had a video of me "pleasuring" myself while watching a porn site online. I have 48-hours to send $700 to a blind spam account or that video will be sent to all my contacts.

I had one of these about 9 months ago.  Like Remmy the clue that it was a fraud was that the scumbags claimed they knew my password but it wasn't one I had ever used.  I checked my system for cleanliness and thought no more about it.  A few months later I had an email from the administrators of a sports database that I use admitting that they had been hacked because their user data had been insecurely encoded and they apologised because some users had received threatening and embarassing emails!

[_priapism]

A disturbing email.

The sender claimed to have control of my computer's camera and microphone and informed me that he had a video of me "pleasuring" myself while watching a porn site online. I have 48-hours to send $700 to a blind spam account or that video will be sent to all my contacts.

I had one of these about 9 months ago.  Like Remmy the clue that it was a fraud was that the scumbags claimed they knew my password but it wasn't one I had ever used.  I checked my system for cleanliness and thought no more about it.  A few months later I had an email from the administrators of a sports database that I use admitting that they had been hacked because their user data had been insecurely encoded and they apologised because some users had received threatening and embarassing emails!

Which gets back to earlier comments.  I doubt it is a keylogger, more likely a database hack.  I’ve had three of these in recent months.  All quoting a 15 year old password I haven’t used in ages.  Ignore these emails.  Just hit delete.  They aren’t going to do a damn thing, unless you respond.  Then it’s blood in the water.  All bets are off.

[RopeFiend]

The curious part is the fraudster using an email address that he rarely (if ever) uses.  If he never gave that email out then it wouldn't be in a compromised database somewhere else, which is why I suspected a rootkit.  The first thing they do is dump your address book over the 'net, then start drilling down to look for passwords and stored logins.

Edit: after a pretty thorough set of checks, looks like he's clean.  Likely just an old, compromised database that still had that e-mail in it.

[_priapism]

I’m kind of feeling burned out.  Just meh.  I don’t get the same level of enjoyment from social media and forum interaction like I have in the past.  It’s not your fault, I just feel like it’s all a big joke.  You see people getting away with murder on a daily basis, and what’s the point?  I don’t think the world is any worse than it used to be, but our senses are bombarded hourly by conflicting news reports, disasters, desperation, and the Donald.  Maybe Thoreau had the right idea. “Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.”

[psiberzerker]

I feel you, Toe.  I've had to point out the fucking Children, in Cages to people moaning about the "Avacado Crisis."

That broke me. 

[MintJulie]

Texas Tech 61, Michigan State 51

[Remington555]

Texas Tech 61, Michigan State 51

So does that mean more couches are at risk than if they had won? Just curious.

Remmy

[_priapism]

Texas Texas is a totally blah school in a blah town called Lubbock that is in BFE on the high plains.  I would rather have a root canal for four years than go to college at Tech.  But now they are playing for Big 12 bragging rights, so I have to say Guns Up!  And Wreck ‘Em!



I also must comment on the bullshit way Virginia beat Auburn on penalty shots with one second left on the clock.  Once again officials deciding who they want to win, and then seeing to it that it happens.

As far a couches burning...

Texas Tech fans burn couch, overturn car after victory

[Athos_131]

This reminds me of the night Kentucky won the title and suddenly #LexingtonPoliceScanner became the real highlight that evening.

#Resist

[Athos_131]

This reminds me of the night Kentucky won the title and suddenly #LexingtonPoliceScanner became the real highlight that evening.

Here's What Kentucky's Championship Celebration Sounded Like Over The Lexington Police Scanner

#Resist

[Remington555]

Texas Texas is a totally blah school in a blah town called Lubbock that is in BFE on the high plains.  I would rather have a root canal for four years than go to college at Tech.  But now they are playing for Big 12 bragging rights, so I have to say Guns Up!  And Wreck ‘Em!

Am I the only one here who doesn't know wtf BFE stands for?

I'm guessing it's not Base Flood Elevation.

Buyer Furnished Equipment? Nope.

Best Friend Ever? This is Toe posting, remember?

Ah, here we go... Bum Fuck Egypt, a phrase used to describe something in the middle of nowhere. I've never been to Lubbock but my wife has relatives there, so I've heard about it.

Thank you Urban Dictionary, I learn something new every freakin' day.

Remmy

[MintJulie]

Texas Texas is a totally blah school in a blah town called Lubbock that is in BFE on the high plains.  I would rather have a root canal for four years than go to college at Tech.  But now they are playing for Big 12 bragging rights, so I have to say Guns Up!  And Wreck ‘Em!

Am I the only one here who doesn't know wtf BFE stands for?

.........

 Bum Fuck Egypt, a phrase used to describe something in the middle of nowhere. I've never been to Lubbock but my wife has relatives there, so I've heard about it.

In my hometown, and many others around mine, we used BFI.  
Butt F* Idaho.
No offence Idaho, but really, I mean.....it's Idaho.  One step up from Ohio.

[ObiDongKenobi]

Please forgive a "know only a bit about USA geography" Brit butting in.  But isn't that Lubbock, Texas, birthplace of Buddy Holly? It can't be all bad  

[_priapism]

Please forgive a "know only a bit about USA geography" Brit butting in.  But isn't that Lubbock, Texas, birthplace of Buddy Holly? It can't be all bad  

Texas

> Worst city to live: Lubbock
> Population: 249,051
> Median home value: $126,900
> Poverty rate: 22.4%
> Adults with at least a bachelor’s degree: 26.8%

The typical household in Lubbock, Texas earns only $45,551 a year, about $10,000 less than the median income across the state. The city’s poverty rate underscores the prevalence of financial hardship in Lubbock. Some 22.4% of people in the city live in poverty, well above the 15.9% statewide poverty rate and 14.7% nationwide poverty rate.

Like many cities on this list, Lubbock is not an especially safe place. With 967 violent crimes in 2015 for every 100,000 area residents, violent crime is more than twice as common in Lubbock as it is across both Texas and the nation as a whole.

[staci]

Yes Obi, he was born there.

It is not the example of some other major Texas cities but to those that live and go to school there, it is home. Also known for tortilla sailing at the football stadium.

[Remington555]

In my hometown, and many others around mine, we used BFI.  
Butt F* Idaho.
No offence Idaho, but really, I mean.....it's Idaho.  One step up from Ohio.

When I was in college there were people in my dorm from all over the country (well, world actually) and at different times I've heard that Bum Fuck was in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Oklahoma, Texas and Michigan.

Bum Fuck Michigan was just down the road from Hell, Michigan.

So Jules, how close do you live to Hell? 

Remmy

[Katiebee]

Bum fuck Egypt. That is a phrase that evokes a definite imagery.

[ObiDongKenobi]

Yes Obi, he was born there.

It is not the example of some other major Texas cities but to those that live and go to school there, it is home. Also known for tortilla sailing at the football stadium.

Thanks Staci, I had to google "tortilla sailing"