Cyber criminals spamming arround swine flu emails
Cyber evils do not miss any chance of oppurtunity where they can fool people and get unfair advantages. They are sending emails in which they claim of swine flu resource information through links when one click on those links the link appeare as malware or offering adult products.
The FDA said it is “informing offending websites that they must take prompt action to correct and/or remove promotions of these fraudulent products or face immediate enforcement action.”
“Zombie” computers infected with a dreaded Conficker virus that became an online scourge this year are among machines being used to spew flu spam crafted to trick email recipients, according to computer security firm Trend Micro.
Spam email subject lines include one claiming to have a message from Mexican President Felipe Calderon outlining new measures that have been taken against the disease.
Mexico has been hardest hit by the influenza and is where it was first detected.
The flu strain is believed to have killed up to 84 people in Mexico — 12 of them confirmed — and has spread to the United States, Europe, Israel and New Zealand.