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Hackers disguise malicious email attack as news from MSNBC

The hacking gang who have been bombarding internet users inboxes worldwide with dangerous emails claiming to be breaking news from CNN, have changed their disguise. Theyve shrugged off their CNN gabardine suit and put on a fur-lined MSNBC jacket instead. The hackers claim that Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor has been found murdered, among other subject lines used in the widely-spammed email campaign. Clicking on the link does not really take you to MSNBCs website but to a malicious webpage hosting a Mal/EncPk-DA infection.”]

Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2008/08/13/hackers-disguise-malicious-email-attack-as-news-from-msnbc/

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