Well, that didn’t take the spammers long at all. No shock there. On the heels of the Bhutto tragedy Websense as issued an alert for malicious sites trying to infect computers. They are by using the attack as a lure for less than cautious web surfers.
From Websense:
Websense Security Labs has discovered malicious Web sites attempting to capitalize on the breaking news of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. These sites attempt to infect users seeking more information about the event. This activity is similar to past news events, where attackers used malicious sites containing information about the event to infect visitors.
In this case, the first infected site found by Websense Security Labs was the second result in a Google search using a generic and simple keyword. Therefore, the site likely to receive large amounts of traffic. Clicking on the link in the search results did not trigger a warning from Google that the site may be malicious.
Tags: Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto, Bhutto Scripting Attacks, Bhutto Phishing Lure
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