Tag: Email
Massive H1N1 Malware Campaign
by Don Fosen on Dec.05, 2009, under Security Updates
A massive spam campaign that poses as a message from the Centers for Disease Control asking people to register for H1N1 vaccinations is occurring. When you click on the link included in the email from a vulnerable computer the Zbot virus in installed. Like all other emails based attacks, your best bet is current anti-virus and anti-spam software. And like the real H1N1 virus, don’t touch that link!
Additional information:
New Facebook Trojan Attack
by Don Fosen on Oct.31, 2009, under Security Updates
There is a new email based Trojan attack that masquerades as request to update your Facebook account. It looks something like this:
Facebook Email
Needless to say, this is not something you should click on. If you do so it will take you to a site that installs a virus on your computer. This message is the result of a massive bot attack with an estimated 750,000 people having received the email.
Here are some links for additional information:
Massive bot attack spoofs Facebook password messages
Fake Facebook e-mail contains Trojan
Definition of a Trojan (from Wikipedia)
