AplusWebMaster
Topic Starter
FYI…
- http://www.websense.com/securitylabs/alert…php?AlertID=842
February 20, 2008 - "Websense Security LabsTM has discovered a run of spam emails that attempt to dupe users into downloading and installing a video… We have also seen similar blocks of SPAM purporting to contain videos of movie stars, singers, and other entertainers.
Sample subject lines include:
- Lunar Eclipse Video
- Your guide to the total lunar eclipse.
- Shocking video with Total moon eclipse
- Total Moon Eclipse Video on NASA TV
- Moon Eclipse is visible today
If users access any of the various Web sites hosting the malicious code, and attempt to view the video, they are infected with an information-stealing Trojan Horse. There is no exploit code hosted on the sites. Users are prompted to confirm that they want to run the code…"
(Screenshot available at the URL above.)
- http://www.websense.com/securitylabs/alert…php?AlertID=842
February 20, 2008 - "Websense Security LabsTM has discovered a run of spam emails that attempt to dupe users into downloading and installing a video… We have also seen similar blocks of SPAM purporting to contain videos of movie stars, singers, and other entertainers.
Sample subject lines include:
- Lunar Eclipse Video
- Your guide to the total lunar eclipse.
- Shocking video with Total moon eclipse
- Total Moon Eclipse Video on NASA TV
- Moon Eclipse is visible today
If users access any of the various Web sites hosting the malicious code, and attempt to view the video, they are infected with an information-stealing Trojan Horse. There is no exploit code hosted on the sites. Users are prompted to confirm that they want to run the code…"
(Screenshot available at the URL above.)