nsane.forums Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 The death of actor Patrick Swayze has kicked off a new round of spam runs, according to security experts. Researchers with security firm F-Secure reported spotting spam messages on the subject just hours after news of Swayze's death from pancreatic cancer first broke on news wires. The attacks are said to use the tactic of search engine optimisation - loading web pages with references to the actor's name in hopes of obtaining a higher ranking in search engine results. When a user does run a search on Swayze and end up at the spam page, a pop-up informs the user of a malware "infection" and then displays a pop-up image mimicking the Windows security screen. Users who are duped by the phony security alerts will then find their systems infected with a rogue antivirus tool as well as a simple PHP script which logs the user's country and city location. Researchers believe that the information is being gathered for traffic analysis. The use of current events in spam runs has become a popular tactic for cybercriminals in recent years. The promise of video and photos of hot news topics is often used to dupe users into allowing the installation of malware, adware and phony security tools. Most recently, malware writers took advantage of the anniversary of the 2001 September 11 terrorist attacks to spread their unsavoury wares. Additionally, spammers and malware distributors have increasingly made use of search engine optimization techniques to make attack sites more vulnerable and effective for bringing in victims. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted September 16, 2009 Administrator Share Posted September 16, 2009 Sad news isn't it. :( . He was sufferin from pancreas cancer from so for much time, if I'm not wrong. Ghost movie was one of my father's favorite movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karachidude Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 The attacks are said to use the tactic of search engine optimisation - loading web pages with references to the actor's name in hopes of obtaining a higher ranking in search engine results. When a user does run a search on Swayze and end up at the spam page, a pop-up informs the user of a malware "infection" and then displays a pop-up image mimicking the Windows security screen. Users who are duped by the phony security alerts will then find their systems infected with a rogue antivirus tool as well as a simple PHP script which logs the user's country and city location. Researchers believe that the information is being gathered for traffic analysis. The use of current events in spam runs has become a popular tactic for cybercriminals in recent years. The promise of video and photos of hot news topics is often used to dupe users into allowing the installation of malware, adware and phony security tools. Most recently, malware writers took advantage of the anniversary of the 2001 September 11 terrorist attacks to spread their unsavoury wares. Additionally, spammers and malware distributors have increasingly made use of search engine optimization techniques to make attack sites more vulnerable and effective for bringing in victims. View: Original ArticleThanks for the up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 why are you talking to a bot? :ph34r: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted September 16, 2009 Administrator Share Posted September 16, 2009 News Bot? :bag: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Lite Posted September 16, 2009 Administrator Share Posted September 16, 2009 The bot has feelings :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karachidude Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 why are you talking to a bot? :ph34r:bad karachidude..bad :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Time to go nuts :w00t: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted September 17, 2009 Administrator Share Posted September 17, 2009 :nono:. Time to go bots. :lmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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