Tech Thoughts Daily Security Alerts – March 21, 2009

Waledac.V uses false news to spread

PandaLabs, Panda Security’s malware analysis and detection laboratory, has detected a new variant of the Waledac family of computer worms, Waledac.V, which uses false news stories about terrorist attacks as bait to trick users.

The worm spreads in emails with subjects such as:

Look at this!!

Damned terrorists!!!

Did it really happen in your city???

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