New Phishing/Storm Worm Variant Spreading
usrbingeek | Jun 28, 2008 | 0 comments
US-CERT is warning of phishing emails using the upcoming Olympic Games and the massive China Earthquake.
The emails contain a link to malicious website that contains a video file may execute malicious code which infects the user’s system, reports US-CERT.
Reports, including a posting by Symantec, indicate that the following subject lines are being used. Please note that subject lines can change at any time.
- The most powerful quake hits China
- Countless victims of earthquake in China
- Death toll in China is growing
- Recent earthquake in china took a heavy toll
- Recent china earthquake kills million
- China is paralyzed by new earthquake
- Death toll in China exceeds 1000000
- A new powerful disaster in China
- A new deadly catastrophe in China
- 2008 Olympic Games are under the threat
- China’s most deadly earthquake
Yet another reason to not open spam or blindly click on links without examining where they go to.
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