Michael Jackson Spam Spreads, Malware Attacks Likely


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Michael Jackson spam spreads, malware attacks likely

Star's death brings crooks out of the woodwork, expect scam deluge, says Sophos

By Gregg Keizer

Computerworld - Within hours of the death of pop star Michael Jackson, spam trading on his demise hit in-boxes, a security firm said today as it warned that more junk mail was in the offing.

Just eight hours after news broke about Jackson, Abingdon, England-based Sophos PLC started tracking the first wave of Jackson spam, which used a subject line of "Confidential -- Michael Jackson." The spam wasn't pitching a product or leading users to a phishing or malware Web site. Instead it was trying to dupe users into replying to the message in order to collect e-mail addresses and verify them as legitimate.

"The body of the spam message does not contain any call-to-action link such as a URL, e-mail or phone number," said Sophos in its SophosLabs blog today. "But the spammer can harvest receivers' e-mail addresses via a free live e-mail address if the spam message is replied to."

details computerworld - http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9134895

and read here: http://blog.trendmicro.com/ & here: http://www.pcworld.com/topics/security.html

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