Fri, Aug 8 2008 16:04 Don

Bogus CNN Custom Alerts

Websense® Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker™ network has discovered replica CNN Custom Email Alerts being sent out via spam emails. These emails contain links to a legitimate news page, but have been designed to encourage users to download a malicious application posing as a video codec.

Over the last few days, the ThreatSeeker Network has seen huge volumes of spam wrapped up in CNN-themed templates - most recently email alerts listing the Daily Top 10 Stories and Videos, which also encouraged users to download a video codec (again a malicious file).

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