They're definitely using more social engineering with spam

Just got two alleging to be from Verizon Wireless. I actually opened them, they had my "billing statement", which I did not open, one of which claimed I had a $900 balance owed.

I opened them because I just bought an iPhone 4S and thought it might actually be related. I had it shipped to my parent's in Phoenix in vain hopes that it would arrive while I was in town. It didn't, so they had to turn around and ship it to New Mexico.

Here's a couple of suggestions to would-be spammers. First, if I see something alleging to be from someone with whom I do business, if I see dozens of To: addresses in addition to mine, that's a clue. Next, if you want to send me a traffic ticket from New York, it might be helpful if I had been in New York state in the last almost 40 years.

Now if only that Nigerian prince would return my emails....

The Carrier IQ spyware? Here's a video showing it in action!

Privacy? We don' need no steenkin' privacy!

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/secret-software-logging-video/

The Attorney General wants Americans to report Intellectual Property infringers

Now it's the War on Downloads and any other type of IP infringing. I really like the last two paragraphs:

"While we applaud the idea of installing keyloggers on friends’ computers to see if they are undermining the country’s economic recovery, asking America to be on the lookout for terrorists and intellectual-property infringers at the same time could be confusing.

Say, for instance, you spot an unattended, and possibly counterfeit Gucci bag in an airport? Who do you call first: The Transportation Security Administration or the Justice Department?"

It really ticks me off that the ??AA have such a stranglehold on this administration, but Money Talks and it's getting heard loud and clear.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/war-on-ip-terror/