Bogus Flash install as malware
August 8th, 2008
Fake CNN news items malware campaign spreading rapidly by ZDNet’s Dancho Danchev — A currently active malware campaign taking advantage of a known social engineering tactic, namely, to entice the spammed user into clicking on a site with a fake news item in order to trick them into installing a fake Flash player (flashupdate.exe; get_flash_update.exe and watchmovie.mpg.exe), was massively spammed last night, with MX Logic alone detecting over [...]
