As the Worm Turns
Security consultant and ex-hacker
Kevin Mitnick (
defensivethinking) appeared during the first hour of Friday's show to discuss the recent bout of computer viruses and worms. The "Sobig.F" worm which caused inundations of unwanted email across the world, used "classical social engineering," Mitnick said.
By having appealing sounding names such as "Thank you!" and "Approved," in the subject line, many people opened the attachments, which often appeared to be sent by known persons, thus infecting their computers and further spreading the worm, he explained.
The culprit could have launched this attack anonymously out of an Internet Cafe, Mitnick speculated, and might have used source code of previous worms and viruses (posted on the Internet) to develop or piece together Sobig.F. "It's really hard to tell," what their motivation is said Mitnick, though he does differentiate between computer hackers and virus writers.
Recap
Calling All Ghouls
This Friday night, George opened a special topic line for
Ghouls and Vampires, which drew some interesting characters out of the woodwork. There was a vampire who said he was on the prowl on the street, but that he sucked energy rather than blood. A bartender from New Orleans told of an eloquent Goth vampire who startled him with his retractable fangs.
Other intriguing calls included an artist who said she was "driven by outside forces," to create demonic "death drawings," which depicted such things as human/animal mixtures. In the three times she gave this type of art to other people, they all came to untimely ends shortly after getting her work.
At a bonfire with friends in the South Missouri woods, a caller told of capturing a 4-ft. tall gray critter, that seemed more human than animal. It was currently being kept in a cage in the garage and "it loves meat," he said. Another strange creature tale came from a woman in Massachusetts who described seeing a male and female Bigfoot crossing Route 20 while she was delivering papers in the wee hours. The pair was very large, walked upright, and curiously the female was carrying a basket not unlike a purse.
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Tonight
Friday Night Feature presents two different stories and drawings:
The Cackling Shadow Person
Here is a rendition of a Shadow Person I saw years ago during a suicide attempt. Definitely not a positive encounter. It horrified me so much, I struggled to keep going. As I was bleeding, this creature moved supernaturally fast and cackled at the fact it was about to take my soul. The entire Shadow Person phenomena has brought all this back to me.
--Steve
forvalaka@cableone.net
The Unknown Animal
Five weeks ago, prior to finding your show on the radio, I was driving to
the Salt Lake City Airport about 7:45pm. It's dark but not overly so. On the way, I drive over a mountain pass with a town half way through. So, after passing the town I see this dog's buttside along the side the road just standing there. The dog has very curly hair of a brownish gray color and looks very dirty.
Another noticeable feature is it has no paws, almost like curly haired tubes. It stands about 16 to 18 inches high. My first thought it was a dog, then a goat, too skinny for a sheep, wandering up
from town.
As I get almost beside it. It raises it's neck and turns it's head, at which point I freak out and think what was that? The neck was very long but the face was so surprising that I still can't erase it from my mind. It had a round head, no visible nose like a goat or dog. And it had the glossiest black eyes that covered most of its face.
(View Drawing) I ponder what I saw for way too long before coming to my senses and realizing its too
late to turn around and get a better look.
--Kevin D.