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Offline Clive

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Hackers have launched an attack against Windows users, posing as a breaking news story about a fatal explosion that has taken place in their neighborhood.  Cunningly, the criminals are using Geo-IP technology to make the warnings more convincing, by including the name of the recipient's nearest city!  Discover more in these blog articles.


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http://www.sophos.com/security/blog/2009/03/3541.html

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Re: Malware fall-out after dirty bomb news report in *your* city
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2009, 22:14 »
Thanks for the warning, Clive.  Boom!  :basil:
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Re: Malware fall-out after dirty bomb news report in *your* city
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2009, 09:06 »
Oh dear, many will fall for it. :(
Slainthe!

Rik


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