Badges - WARNING
- From: CarlGlas@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 14:51:18 -0500
The wake of Osama bin Laden's actual killing by U.S. forces in May
2011 spawned a number of messages purporting to include or link to
news stories, pictures or videos of a dead Osama bin Laden which were
vectors for transmission of malware. Scammers have also been using
the "search engine poisoning" technique, purporting to offer bin
Laden-related material on web sites in an effort to trick search
engines into listing web pages loaded with malware in their search results.
The FBI warned computer users to:
Exercise caution when they receive e-mails that purport to show
photos or videos of Usama bin Laden's recent death. This content
could be a virus that could damage your computer. This malicious
software, or "malware," can embed itself in computers and spread to
users' contact lists, thereby infecting the systems of associates,
friends, and family members. These viruses are often programmed to
steal your personally identifiable information.
The Badges Law Enforcement Discussion Group - Est. 1997
Other related posts:
- » Badges - WARNING - CarlGlas
