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PremiumVIVAnews -attack that launched the United States to a house in Abbottabad, Pakistan killing Osama Bin Laden, the terrorist most wanted and also a famous people are often used in email scams.
Proven, on the report Spam & Phishing Report, Symantec mentioned the news about the death of Osama, which is rampant on the Internet is also followed by the spread of spam which utilizes the curiosity of the Internet users the latest news surrounding the killing of Osama.
One example of spam circulating is the message that infiltrated with news of the death of Osama. The news piece is inserted in an HTML tag
However, as always, the link provided in the email sent has nothing to do with the news that loaded and thus directs users to a particular promotion site.
"We also see the related spam attacks in various languages, such as Portuguese," called Symantec in its report, as quoted from the Best Security Tips, May 24, 2011. "In his message, spammers claim they have a hidden recording moments of the death of Osama," called Symantec.
On the report, mentioned that earlier, a message like this have already appeared. Victims will fall up to download a file which then will infects the computer.
Follow the pattern, Symantec mentioned that they see more outstanding than the official messages of spam, soon after the death of Osama. "However, after 24 to 48 hours, we see more sophisticated spam attacks and directional utilizing this incident," sebutnya.
For example, spammers impersonate a message from a major news organization and send you an email that claims that they will display photos and videos without the censorship of the attack.
Phishing sites are showing a video auto-running linked Bin Laden in an iframe and asking users to click a link to download the "overall" video. Users who click on links that will download a file is detected as Downloader.
Global Intelligence Network of monitoring, Symantec observed some other malicious spam examples in various languages including Portuguese, France, and Spain.
Link in the email spam this menginfeksikan Downloader to the victim's computer, which in the end the actual download malicious programs. Further analysis of this attack shows that the most dangerous attacks came from Brazil, Europe, and the United States. (umi)
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