Posted on 07/11/2008 11:10:51 PM PDT by Dawnsblood
Hackers are deluging web users with malware-laden spam claiming that World War III has started following a US invasion of Iran. Security experts warned today that spam emails with subject lines including 'Third World War has begun', '20000 US Soldiers in Iran' and 'US Army crossed Iran's borders' have been intercepted.
The emails contain links to a malicious webpage that displays what appears to be a video player showing the mushroom cloud of a nuclear explosion.
Text on the page reads: 'Just now US Army's Delta Force and US Air Force have invaded Iran.
'Approximately 20000 soldiers crossed the border into Iran and broke down the Iran's Army resistance.
'The video made by US soldier was made today morning. Click on the video to see the first minutes of the beginning of World War III. God save us.'
However, Sophos warned that users visiting the webpage and clicking on the 'video player' run the risk of being infected with the Troj/Tibs-UO Trojan and a malicious JavaScript hidden on the website as Mal/ObfJS-AY.
Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, said: "Hackers are taking advantage of the fact that many people today get their fix for breaking news via the internet.
"People, especially those with loved ones in the Middle East, may rush to watch the video without engaging their common sense.
(Excerpt) Read more at itnews.com.au ...
Probably the same people who sent the “Beijing Olympics Canceled due to 2nd Earthquake” spam a few weeks ago.
So 20,000 troops are invading an area where a nuclear weapon was just detonated?
And these guys want to call themselves hackers.
If only...
> Just now US Army’s Delta Force and US Air Force have invaded Iran. <
It’s NOT real!?! Bummer.
20,000?
Shhs,it’s a secret.
I suggest everyone warn friends and family. Trojans and viruses suck.
Thanks for the warning.
Wars and rumors of war...
Now if it really happens, will everyone think it’s just another spam?
I may not get streaming videos/UTube or any thing java and my browser is slower than a slug on a sunny day...
BUT! No viruses to worry about.
Its probably the work of the oil speculators....
2 days ago. Fake missile launches.
Today. Breaking News report of Israeli planes training and basing in Iraq.
Pure simple malice.
As for the phrasing, there are quite a few hackers in east Europe and Turkey.
I detest spam, therefore I detest spammers.
SingFreedom,
The majority of attacks come from one country. I know about this first hand and at great personal expense. At the risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist, we are at cyberwar and no one seems to know about it.
One of the best decisions I've made as a CEO was to turn off our site to IP addresses from non-English speaking countries.
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Anyone who opens this email hoping to get news that isn’t on the TV deserves everything they get.
I just don’t want their stupidity to slop over to my email where I’ll have to delete it.
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