[funsec] conficker "chatter" on twitter is heating up

[Donal]

Only follow people of quality. Trim the rest.You are responsible for
signal to noise ratio. There is a concept of trust. I use 3 strikes
and you're gone. I deem what's a strike.

Continual useless RT shit counts as a strike.

D.

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon &
Hannah <rMslade at shaw.ca> wrote:
> Date sent:              Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:58:41 -0700
> From:                   "Jon O." <jono at networkcommand.com>
>
>> Security person: Uh, hold on, I need to refresh my twitter and I'll get
>> back to you...
>
> It's rather depressing reading their blogs, as they post them up there.
>
> "If you are infected with #conficker, just go do Windows Update."
>
> Right, secboy, how on earth are they supposed to *get* to Windows Update?
>
> (It's almost as depressing as reading the "trend" and seeing what Twitter is really
> used for: endlessly copying the same blogs, InfoWorld reports, "I've got a Mac"
> jokes, and general ignorance.)
>
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