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Faux-CNN Spam Blitz Delivers Malicious Flash
CWmike writes "More than a thousand hacked Web sites are serving up fake Flash Player software to users duped into clicking on links in mail that's part of a massive spam attack masquerading as CNN.com news notifications, security researchers said today. The bogus messages, which claim to be from the CNN.com news Web site, include links to what are supposedly the day's Top 10 news stories and Top 10 news video clips from the cable network. Clicking on any of those links, however, brings up a dialog that says an incorrect version of Flash Player has been detected and that tells users they needed to update to a fake newer edition, which delivers a Trojan horse — identified by multiple names, including Cbeplay.a — that 'phones home' to a malicious server to grab and install additional malware."
Damn their oily hides!
Sig this!
How many Windows viruses, trojans, and other malware programs are there successfully spreading in the wild? Thousands? TENS of thousands?
OK, now how many Linux, BSD, or OS X viruses, trojans, other malware programs are successfully spreading in the wild? ZERO, ZILCH, NADA, ZIP.
So you tell me: How difficult is it to secure Windows? Must be damn near impossible.
You even admit that despite your self-proclaimed superior ability to secure Windows, you were still a victim of a trojan.
Oh and while we're google bashing here: I would like if google groups would echo my own damn posts back to me like every other mailing list software does!
Mods on crack again? A Troll? Sounds like sound advice to me.
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