 Onslaught Of Fake Microsoft Patch Spam |
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 Jul 3 2008, 02:24 PM
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QUOTE Websense® Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker™ Network has discovered a substantial number of spam messages utilizing a reliable social engineering trick that lures users to download a Microsoft critical security update...The message uses an open redirect at the legitimate shopping site shopping.***.com; the redirect forwards users to a malicious URL offering to download a malicious executable. securitylabs.websense(screenshots included) -------------------- "THE BAD GUYS DON'T NEED A SEARCH WARRANT. ARE YOU PROTECTED?"
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