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WSLabs, Malicious Code: New Storm Tactic: Halloween Deception

Posted on 31 October 2007
Websense Security Lab

Websense® Security Labs(TM) has confirmed that the Storm worm has once again switched lure tactics. The worm has now adopted a Halloween twist in its attempts to infect users with malicious code. The first copies of the new emails began going out just before 9:00am PST on Tuesday, October 30th. As with previous Storm emails, various subjects and bodies will be used. Here is one example email:

Example Subject: Nothing is funnier this Halloween

Example Body:
Come watch the little skeleton dance.
http://<URL Removed>/

Website screenshot available within full alert.


For additional details and information on how to detect and prevent this type of attack:
http://www.websensesecuritylabs.com/alerts/alert.php?AlertID=814

 

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