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Spammers phish for iPhone fans |
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Monday, 02 July 2007 |
As Apple's newest gadget starts selling in U.S. stores, spammers are exploiting the surrounding product craze by sending e-mails that try to dupe recipients into thinking that they have won an iPhone of their own.
Web-filtering specialist Secure Computing
is warning users not to fall for the socially engineered e-mails that
contain a link which, if clicked on, will attempt to connect to a Web
site and install malicious software designed to take control of the
victim's computer.
The criminals behind this scam are using sophisticated techniques to
thwart security firms. For example, the Web site is loaded with more
than 10 pieces of malicious code, each targeting a potential browser
vulnerability. In addition, users who attempt to visit the site more
than once are redirected to another, "safe" Web site.
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