Hackers Love An Election

Senator Clinton is not sending you a special video. Senator Obama is not sending you a special video. Senator McCain is not sending you a special video. However, some enterprising hackers might be want you to a have look at some campaign material:

“The US presidential primaries have become the latest lure for spreading malware as attackers use ‘videos’ of candidates to tempt users into downloading Trojan applications.”

link: US elections become latest malware lure

Hackers are enterprising and opportunistic. They are amazingly efficient in taking advantage of breaking news, such as natural disasters and human interest stories. Hackers know that the political campaigns hold such importance and people will be receiving many legitimate political solicitations. And along with those messages from your candidate of choice, there might be some malware. If you really must look at all your political email, first update your security definitions.

Catherine Forsythe
Director of Operations
FlyingHamster:  http://flyinghamster.com/

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