New Wave Of Spam Brings Claims of Nuclear Disasters

The latest wave of fake headline spam appears to be capitalizing on people’s fears of a disaster. Security experts have discovered a new wave of malicious spam that claims a nuclear plant has exploded. So far there are at least three versions. One claims the plant is near London, one claims it is in Ontario, Canada, and one claims it is in Sydney Australia. (There is no nuclear plant in London or Ontario and the one in Australia is not near Sydney.) The spam messages ask the recipient to click on a link claiming to be a news video of the catastrophe-but it’s actually a Trojan that if downloaded will allow a hacker to take control of the PC. Experts believe the gang responsible for this latest wave of malicious spam is located in Russia. Not coincidently, the spam wave began on September 11th.