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... Spammers jump on Obama bandwagon claiming he's turned down job Malicious spam is being spread with the use of fake news headlines claiming president-elect Barack Obama has refused the presidency. The spam messages contain links to the... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/01/19/234288/spammers-jump-on-obama-bandwagon-claiming-hes-turned-down.htm

...spread banking Trojan Antony Savvas Wednesday 23 July 2008 05:13 A new banking Trojan is being distributed via a fake news story about a car accident involving Formula One star Fernando Alonso, says Panda Security. The story purports to... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/07/23/231605/Alonso-crash-used-to-spread-banking-Trojan.htm

...actively spreading, starting with emails exploiting concern about major European storms by adopting a wide variety of fake news headlines in email subject lines. Finnish antivirus firm F-Secure Corp. said the Trojan horse started to use kernel... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/07/17/225596/spammers-tweak-storm-worm-to-push-pdf-spam.htm

...emails exploiting concern about European storms continued its advance over the weekend by adopting a wider variety of fake news headlines, according to Finnish antivirus firm F-Secure Corp. Ten emerging malware trends for 2007: From phishing... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/04/09/223073/spam-campaign-uses-storm-like-attack-technique.htm

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... MX Logic » Security News » Email Security » Fake news used by spammers Fake news used by spammers Monday, June 23, 2008 A new brand of storm worm is using fake news headlines to get users to trigger the malware virus... http://www.mxlogic.com/securitynews/email-security/fake_news_used_by_spammers.cfm