Spam Delivers Fake News of Bomb

Security firms are sounding the alarm about spam messages purporting to report a bomb explosion in order to get victims to click on a fake Reuters news video and download malicious code to their computers.The spam message uses IP geo-location services to name local cities or towns to more successfully personalize a message about people killed from a bomb going off nearby as described in a fake news story falsely claiming to be from Reuters.
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http://computerworld.com.au/article/280430/Security experts warn of ‘terror attack’ spam
A new malware scam is using fabricated reports of a terrorist attack to infect users. Researchers from several security firms, including McAfee and Sophos, said that the attacks are being sent out as spam messages which contain hyperlinks.
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http://www.infomaticsonline.co.uk/vnunet/news/2238593/malicious-terror-attack-spamScammers customize news to deliver you malware
Security experts warned on Monday of a new insidious e-mail scam that features false information about a bomb explosion in the recipient’s hometown and leads to a malicious Web site.The subject lines include “Take Care!” and “Are you and your friends in good health?” The e-mail includes a link to what looks like a news article on a Reuters page about the bombing. But the Web page and the news are fake, according to e-mail security provider Marshal and antivirus firm Sophos.
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