Humpty Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Australians are being targeted by a spam campaign claiming Australia has been hit by a large scale nuclear explosion. The spam campaign, reported by IT News, contains an attachment in a ZIP file. The spam says that the attachment contains images of the attack; in reality, the attachment is a virus designed to steal information from your PC once you load it. Graham Cluley, technology consultant for network security firm Sophos, says that the potential catastrophe of a nuclear attack could trick users into loading the attachment without thinking. "Rather than use a real life event, the hackers have turned to fictional explosions and conspiracy theories in the hope they will strike a nerve with potential victims who will then click on the attachment without a second thought," said Cluley. Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 No doubt another wave of the antivrus2008 malware gang documented here: http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=17699 "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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