E-mail from CDC? Look at it closely
December 11, 2009 by Sam NarisiPosted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Security
Security experts report there’s a new malware scam spreading through e-mails claiming to help recipients get a swine flu vaccine.
The messages are made to look like they’re from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announce the start of a “State H1N1 vaccination program.” Readers are told they need to create a “vaccination profile.”
But when recipients click the link in order to do so, it leads them to a phony CDC page that installs malware on their computer, says security provider AppRiver.
Warn users about this scam and, of course, remind them not to click links in suspicious e-mails.
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