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Spammers use Obama's profile to spread malicious emails
Hi there,
Yet again the world’s spammers have capitalised on a worldwide event in a bid to tempt unsuspecting users to open malicious emails and attachments.
This time it’s President Barack Obama’s inauguration that has unleashed the creative voice of spammers. Symantec’s Threat Intelligence team has analysed a new wave of malicious spam messages with a ‘Presidential theme’ that found their way into Symantec’s vast number of global sensors.
A new threat -- W32.waledac -- uses classic social engineering techniques to get unsuspecting users to click on hyperlinks contained within e-mails that lead to another site filled with malicious links. Although W32.waledac is not a high-risk threat, users may be quick to click on a link to get to the fake breaking news, forgetting about potential hazards. Late last year, this same piece of malicious software was used as part of Christmas-related threats.
More information can be found by visiting Symantec’s Security Response blog at: https://forums.symantec.com/t5/blogs/blogarticlepage/blog-id/spam/article-id/136
If you would like to speak to Symantec or need anything further, please call me on 02088343427.
Kind regards,
Holly Axelrad
Yet again the world’s spammers have capitalised on a worldwide event in a bid to tempt unsuspecting users to open malicious emails and attachments.
This time it’s President Barack Obama’s inauguration that has unleashed the creative voice of spammers. Symantec’s Threat Intelligence team has analysed a new wave of malicious spam messages with a ‘Presidential theme’ that found their way into Symantec’s vast number of global sensors.
A new threat -- W32.waledac -- uses classic social engineering techniques to get unsuspecting users to click on hyperlinks contained within e-mails that lead to another site filled with malicious links. Although W32.waledac is not a high-risk threat, users may be quick to click on a link to get to the fake breaking news, forgetting about potential hazards. Late last year, this same piece of malicious software was used as part of Christmas-related threats.
More information can be found by visiting Symantec’s Security Response blog at: https://forums.symantec.com/t5/blogs/blogarticlepage/blog-id/spam/article-id/136
If you would like to speak to Symantec or need anything further, please call me on 02088343427.
Kind regards,
Holly Axelrad