Beware of President Obama Spam!
November 5, 2008 by Marcos Christodonte II · Leave a Comment
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.
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