Posted on 01/15/2010 3:12:44 PM PST by illiac
I was just sitting at my computer and my antivirus software warned me that an attamp to attack my computer had been blocked. When I clicked on details, the offending source was homelandsecurity.com.
Just weird.
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Phony lookalike site?
You should have sent them a little something back. I would have.
Certainly a look-alike site, in that actual government agencies all end in “.gov”.
Unless, of course, the tinfoil-hat people would insist that that is only what they want you to think... :)
Are you behind a NAT router? Was this a blocked attempt to connect to your computer? If so then it would have been a software firewall that you’re talking about? Additionally, if you’re not behind a NAT router, and you have a software firewall warning you about all incoming connection attempts, you’d be getting hundreds of such notices a day just from IBR. (Internet Background Radiation)
Or is this a program that tried to execute on your computer?
Administrative Contact:
Domain Discreet
ATTN: homelandsecurity.com
Rua Dr. Brito Camara, n 20, 1
Funchal, Madeira 9000-039
PT
Phone: 1-902-7495331
Hmmmm......
Did not appear to be a program that tried to execute.....
Most government sites are .gov
Be suspicious of any ‘government’ site that is a .com
I used firefox browser thru a proxy with cookies/java disabled to visit it and it looked semi legit, but NOT the real DHS site.
They seem to be hosted by Earthlink:
C:\>nslookup
Default Server: resolver1.opendns.com
Address: 208.67.222.222
> homelandsecurity.com
Server: resolver1.opendns.com
Address: 208.67.222.222
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: homelandsecurity.com.earthlink.net
Address: 67.215.65.132
Behind a NAT router...possibly an attempt to connect to my PC....
I know....it looked pretty authentic, tho’
If you go to the bottom of the webpage it reads Homeland Security LLC. and on the “About” Page it reads
HomelandSecurity.com is a private homeland security blog and not affiliated with any government agency. Our contributors monitor and archive open source news articles on a variety of topics that are deemed to be of interest to the homeland security community and concerned citizens.
The site also features original articles drawn from our team of contributors which includes first responders, academics, security professionals and informed citizens.
Our goal is to promote homeland security awareness and foster communication amongst a diverse array of stakeholders. If you have any comment or would like to have your analysis considered for publication, please contact us.
Several of our contributors prefer to remain anonymous for privacy and security reasons. Authored articles will always be accompanied by a byline and have included:
M. Powell, Ph.D.
J.P. Sullivan
A. Elkus
So since it is a blog it could be embedded with something like “XP Free Anti Virus or some other embedded garbage”
My computer is always on and attached to the internet. I’ve noticed the hard drive on my single desktop is ALWAYS doing a little “kick” every ten seconds or so. I know that because it is now in my bedroom.
Anybody got any ideas?
I’m thinking of formatting my main hard drive and re-installing xp. I’d have to re-install my software (not that big a deal). I keep all my files on an external 1 terabyte drive
>>Be suspicious of any ‘government’ site that is a .com<<
Like whitehouse.com?
About HomelandSecurity.com
[this is the offending link, so don't go there if you don't want to...]
HomelandSecurity.com is a private homeland security blog and not affiliated with any government agency. Our contributors monitor and archive open source news articles on a variety of topics that are deemed to be of interest to the homeland security community and concerned citizens.
The site also features original articles drawn from our team of contributors which includes first responders, academics, security professionals and informed citizens.
Our goal is to promote homeland security awareness and foster communication amongst a diverse array of stakeholders. If you have any comment or would like to have your analysis considered for publication, please contact us.
Several of our contributors prefer to remain anonymous for privacy and security reasons. Authored articles will always be accompanied by a byline and have included:
M. Powell, Ph.D.
J.P. Sullivan
A. Elkus
I’ve been hit with Trojans twice in six days. The first one got through and locked up my computer. One of those buy virus software to get rid of the virus they just put on my computer type trojans that locks up your computer. But if you shut it down then when it’s coming back up open your Malwarebites software really quick and hit run scan you can get rid of it.
The second one hit me yesterday but my avg caught it and just gave me the warning and cleaned it.
Be suspicious of any ‘government’ site that is a .com
But, they don't say they are a government site... :-) They say they are a private site...
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