Sat 27 Jun 2009
Michael Jackson Spam is Here
Posted by Syd Tash under Security
[2] Comments
Security company Sophos is warning that less than 24 hours after the death of Michael Jackson, spam emails are circulating that claim to contain “vital information” about his death. The emails do not contain malicious attachments, or even links to compromised or infected Web sites.
Rather, the object of the exercise seems to be to get you to reply, so that the spammer can grab your email address. Then you will receive much more spam. It could even lead to identity theft.
Other more dangerous emails and Web sites can be expected, of course, so be on guard. If you want information on the late singer, search for it yourself in a search engine or go to a news site.
Initially, so many people were searching on Michael Jackson that Google crashed. However, everything should be OK now.
June 28th, 2009 at 3:38 am
It is such a great loss that a man with great talent like Michael Jackson dies. RIP King of POP.
July 8th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Michael Jackson would still be remembered as the only King of Pop. We would surely miss him.