Whole Network Most Recent TOP10 Accounting Compliance Ethics SOX

 

Australian PM ''heart attack" email virus

Filed in archive risk by leon on February 20, 2007

Australian PM ''heart attack" email virus
Earlier this year, I did a blog entry on how gangs spreading malicious Trojan horse software were getting smarter. In the first big attack of 2007, they tried using tabloid headlines to trick users into executing files containing malicious code.

Now they have struck again, sending a fake breaking news report claiming that Australian Prime Minister John Howard has had a heart attack, according a report in The Age.

Clicking on the story link takes users to a page that downloads a trojan to the computer, allowing the installation of malwarelinks which will give access to user names, passwords and banking details. It's not clear from the story how many computers have been affected.


Advertisement


Permalink: Australian PM ''heart attack" email virus
Tags: spam  malware  John  Howard  heart  attack  business  heart  heart+attack  email+virus  attack+email 

Trackback: http://www.creative-weblogging.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.pl/54387



Advertisement


Advertisement


CW ToolbarInstall
RSSrss   | See all blog subscribe options
Googlegoogle   |   What is RSS?
Yahoo!yahoo
AddthisAddThis Feed Button
BloglinesBloglines
Newsletter

Use our search feature to look for other interesting posts

Just this blog Whole network
Advertisement -
Book yours here..


 
Advertisement
Book yours here.



  • Other blogs in the same channel in the Creative Weblogging Network

Advertisement -
Book yours here..






Advertisement - Book yours here..
 
Tagcloud: Accounting boards of directors Compliance corporate crime corporate governance corporate reputation Ethics events executive pay litigation markets regulators risk shareholder activism SOX Sponsored Blog strategy