Twitter "Best Video" Scam Attacks PCs

Twitter "Best Video" Scam Attacks PCs & Users
Apparently, visitors to juste.ru  (a website with the Russian country domain extension dotru) will see an embedded YouTube video. Behind the scenes, the page launches an exploit-laden PDF attack that, if successful, will install a fake antivirus program called "System Security."

Isn't it time to 'kill' a domain extension?

Skip the diplomatic channels, how about a dotru tea party?
Most PC users don't want anything from Russia...
...Not even a mail order bride.

Companies that provide Email and browser programs need to step up.

Microsoft!
Outlook - A one button kill for email originating from Russia? ...Make that a 'kill button' we can find and not named something stupid from that Microsoft Naming convention from hell...

Internet Explorer - A one button kill for websites using the Russian dotru domain extension?

Google - Chrome & Gmail
FireFox
Opera
Safari

In defense of Adobe
...Like drinking from Niagra Falls with a dixie cup trying to defend against hacker exploits. 

DotRU
The dotru is a Russian Domain Extension. DotRU is a Country Code Top Level Domain designated for Russia .ru

Through the years tons of SPAM, malware and exploits have originated from websites with .ru domain extensions. 

How about a Twitter Tea Party?

It's time to stop these attacks at the border or at least give PC users the ability to do it themselves. Maybe a Twitter Tea Party can get some attention brewing for the companies listed.

PC World

Twitter "Best Video" Scam Attacks PCs

Erik Larkin  Jun 1, 2009 11:44 am

Crooks are going after Twitter users once again, this time with a "Best Video" tweet that attempts to lure victims into visiting a site that will launch PDF-based attacks.

According to an analysis from Kaspersky, visitors to the juste.ru site (which you of course shouldn't visit) will see an embedded YouTube video. But behind the scenes, the page will launch and exploit-laden PDF attack that, if successful, will install a fake antivirus program called "System Security."

The Kaspersky researcher didn't find any evidence of a self-spreading worm, and instead theorizes that the scammers behind this attack used stolen logins from a recent "TwitterCut" phishing attack against the service to send the poisoned tweets.

Twitter says it is aware of the problem and is working on it. To stay safe, in addition to avoiding any "Best Video" tweets, be sure that any Adobe software is up-to-date. Flaws in Reader and Acrobat are a huge target for online crooks right now.

Provacative Titles
Isn't it time to 'kill' a domain extension?
Skip the diplomatic channels, how about a Twitter 'dotru' tea party?

Social media, Call to action. How about a Twitter Tea Party?