New variant of Storm Worm spreading
usrbingeek | Jul 31, 2008 | 0 comments
US-CERT has published an advisory about a new Storm Worm campaign. This campaign reportedly revolves around the FBI and Facebook.
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The Trojan horse virus is being spread as an attachment or link to a malicious web site that may run an executable file that can infect the system with malicious code.
Reports, including a posting by Sophos, indicate the following email subject lines are being used. Please note that subject lines can change at any time.
- F.B.I. may strike Facebook
- F.B.I. watching us
- The FBI’s plan to “profile” Facebook
- The FBI has a new way of tracking Facebook
- F.B.I. are spying on your Facebook profiles
- F.B.I. busts alleged Facebook
- Get Facebook’s F.B.I. Files
- Facebook’s F.B.I. ties
- F.B.I. watching you
Yet another reason to not open spam or blindly click on links without examining where they go to.
[New Storm Worm Activity Spreading]
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