Sunday, July 31, 2005

Worm alert: More Osama Messages

Via the SANS ISC handler's daily diary:

Ane wrote to us with concerns over malicious email messages with the subject "Osama bin Laden Captured." The message enticed the victim to visit a site that attempted installing a malicious executable. The use of such headlines to trick people is not new; however, there has been a rise in occurrence of such messages since June. We are not aware of these messages exploiting any new vulnerabilities, so you should be safe as long as:

1. Your Windows patches are up-to date
2. Your anti-virus is up-to-date
3. You do not click on suspicious email attachments or links

Today's F-Secure blog entry points out that they've witnessed the Bobic worm "being seeded in emails claiming that Osama Bin Laden has been captured."

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