CNN spam attack mutates
usrbingeek | Aug 13, 2008 | 0 comments
The CNN Spam attack we told you about last week is still being sent in high volumes but has changed since they were first detected, reports Computer World.
Masiello also said that the unsolicited e-mail has changed since attacks were first launched on Tuesday. “We’ve also seen several morphs of this spam over the past couple of days,” he said in an entry posted on the MX Logic blog on Friday. Where the messages once trumpeted “CNN.com Daily Top 10″ in the subject heading and linked to a single file name on malware-hosting sites, now the spam sports a subject reading “CNN Alerts: My Custom Alert” and uses a variety of file names in the malicious URL.
“This is likely in response to all of the media attention and awareness that has been brought up over the past couple of days,” Masiello speculated.
“This is likely in response to all of the media attention and awareness that has been brought up over the past couple of days,” Masiello speculated.
You’ve got to be careful reading email and resist the urge to click on links in emails. This one is particularly compelling and easy to fall for.
[Update: Fake CNN spam mutates as attacks continue]
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