Spammers made H1N1 worse
By Peter Wolchak
February 12, 2010
February 12, 2010
At the height of the concern over the H1N1 flu outbreak, a bunch of spammers had an idea: “Hey, let’s use people’s fear to make money.” On Dec. 1, McAfee Labs detected a circulating e-mail pretending to be from the Centers for Disease Control. The message stated that the organization required people to complete a vaccination profile online. People who clicked the link, however, received not vaccination help but a recent Zeus Trojan variant. Zeus is a Trojan-construction tool.
Not content solely profiting from disease, spammers also targeted Christmas, with e-mails promising deals on luxury goods. Brands such as Cartier, Gucci and TAG Heuer were “on sale” to anyone gullible enough to believe in too-good-to-be-true deals.
More details are at www.avertlabs.com/research/blog
Not content solely profiting from disease, spammers also targeted Christmas, with e-mails promising deals on luxury goods. Brands such as Cartier, Gucci and TAG Heuer were “on sale” to anyone gullible enough to believe in too-good-to-be-true deals.
More details are at www.avertlabs.com/research/blog
