“Million Dead in Chinese Quake”

Spammers are using the earthquake disaster in China to find new ways of spreading their viruses. It has been reported in Computer Weekly that the e-mail claims that an “earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale has hit Beijing, causing millions of casualties and putting the 2008 Olympic Games at risk”.

The e-mail also contains a link to a video but when you click on this link, the download of damaging malware Nuwar-E begins.

However, Sophos class this as a low threat, but it goes to show how low spammers will go to spread their malicious viruses.

~ by sharon on June 23, 2008.