Malware targets Oympic emails
by Brian TurnerMessageLabs has reported that it has identified at least thirteen different Olympic themed attacks, using email to try and fool users into downloading trojans. With legitimate-sounding email subject titles such as "The Beijing 2008 Torch Relay" and "National Olympic Committee and Ticket Sales Agents", some attacks purport to be from the International Olympic Committee, based in Lausanne Switzerland, however the reality is that all but one attack has been sent from ...
January 14, 2008
MySpace page serves fake Microsoft update
by Dave NixonFake Microsoft updates provide an additional reason to be security-conscious while using MySpace.com Online criminals, utilising a bogus MySpace profile, are attempting to hoax victims into downloading a malevolent Trojan Horse program by disguising it as a Microsoft update, according to researchers at McAfee. Although not widespread, with McAfee detecting only one MySpace profile in this case, the attack illustrates how sites like MySpace can be abused by criminals. Users are ...