The military campaign from Israël in Gaza has inspired malware distributors. The outbreak appears to be sent from CNN Media Centre (cnn@cnn.com) – obviously spoofed – with subject lines such as:
israel’s war on hamas: a dozen thoughts
hamas goads israel into war
israel vows war on hamas in gaza
hamas launching rocket war after gaza evacuation
The body of the [...]
Conflict in Gaza inspires new CNN campaign from malware authors
CNN Alerts: My Custom Alert malware
After a very long outbreak based on the CNN Dailty Top 10 it’s now time for something different: CNN Alerts: My Custom Alert. This new version brings more of the CNN malware outbreak in a changed lay out but with the same tactics.
Again, the email itself is very nice CNN branded but contains a link that [...]
CNN Daily Top 10 leads users to site hosting malware
Following the links in the CNN.com Daily Top 10 email could lead you to sites that hosts malware. MX Lab detected and intercepted the first messages at around 7:48 PM local Belgian time and is monitoring an outbreak of this type.
Malware authors are abusing CNN by using the logo, the lay out and the concept of [...]
