Gone Facebook Phishing?

The folks at Appriver recently reported that attackers have started a serious campaign against Facebook users. According to their reports, the botnet is sending over 500 phishing messages per second. And get this, along with stealing your Facebook credentials, the botnet prompts unsuspecting users to download what appears to be an “update.” What the user really gets is malware crafted to target bank account and other financial information.

For more information on this attack, visit the Appriver blog.

Beware of President Obama Spam!

According to Sophos Plc., hackers have already launched a “President Obama” malware campaign. This widespread attack claims to provide up-to-date news results about the election. The e-mail message attempts to lure you in by saying “Watch his amazing speech.” However, the link redirects you to a fake news page that presents a download box posed as an Adobe flash player update–supposedly required to view the video.

Sophos also noted that this isn’t the first instance they’ve seen, as hackers have been quite interested in the U.S presidential race.

The full article can be found here.