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Bhutto's Death Turned Into Malware Bait
Doug Caverly
Staff Writer
2007-12-28
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Virus authors often try to capitalize on current events, and the assassination of Benazir Bhutto has proven to be a popular target; just hours after the former Prime Minister of Pakistan was killed, malware distributors spread files claiming to show her death.
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On the McAfee Avert Labs Blog, Rahul Mohandas writes, "[T]hese malware authors attempt to social engineer users into believing they are downloading a legitimate codec for playing the video. At least 10 Blogger websites are observed to be hosting this fake video (at the time of writing this blog) which redirects the users to the typo-squatted domain containing fake codec . . ."
Furthermore, Mohandas later continues, "There are a plethora of websites which attempt drive-by installations when unsuspecting users visit websites returning search engine results for 'Benazir Bhutto'."
Also, "Many of these compromised webpages have malicious scripts injected into the webpage which points to the 3322 domain. These webpages contain obfuscated variants of the MS06-014 exploit which is perhaps one of the most popular of all the exploits we see on a daily basis."
And frankly, there's no telling what else will show up in the next few days, although if nothing else, the sheer volume of malware is sure to increase. It might be best, then, to stick to established news sources when looking into Bhutto's assassination; remember that any genuine footage or information is likely to show up there, first.
About the Author:
Doug is a staff writer for SecurityProNews. InternetFinancialNews, SearchNewz, and WebProNews.
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