Gaddafi The bereavement of Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi has almost unavoidably resulted in cybercriminals captivating advantage of the news story, and the universal public’s apparent interest in viewing ghoulish photos and videos of his previous moments.
Malicious hackers have spammed out an attack posing as pictures of Gaddafi’s death, trick users into believe that they came from the AFP news agency and are life form forwarded by a fellow internet user.
A typical message looks like this:
Subject: Fw: AFP Photo News: Bloody Photos: Libya dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s Death
Message body:
Libya dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s Death
Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, the most required man in the world, has been killed, the country’s rebel government claim Oct. 20. The flamboyant oppressors who terrorize his country and much of the world during his 42 years of despotic rule was cornered by insurgents in the town of Sirte, where Gadhafi had been natural and a stranglehold of his supporters.
Windows computer users who decompress the emotionally involved file are put their PCs at risk of infection. The RAR archive file creates a malicious file called:
Bloody Photos_Gadhafi_Death\Gadhafi?rar.scr
Although there has been much conjecture in the media about the option of Gaddafi-related malware attacks and scams, this is the first one that I’ve seen since the death of Gaddafi made news headlines around the world the past.
Internet users would be wise to keep in mind to be very cautious about the links they click on, and to be suspicious of unsolicited attachment.