Danish security firm SophosLabs is warning users to beware a new e-mail virus that poses as breaking news stories about the supposed arrest of the author of the MyDoom worm, the capture of Osama bin Laden, or conspiracy theories about the death of the late Pope John Paul II. Analysts said social engineering worms like this one are not going away. The W32/Kedebe-F worm spreads itself via e-mail using a wide variety of different subject lines and message bodies. Users who fall for its various tricks and launch the attached file risk disabling their security software.
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New Worm Claims Conspiracies, Deaths, Arrests
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire June 29, 2005 11:58 AMDanish security firm SophosLabs is warning users to beware a new e-mail virus that poses as breaking news stories about the supposed arrest of the author of the MyDoom worm, the capture of Osama bin Laden, or conspiracy theories about the death of the late Pope John Paul II. Analysts said social engineering worms like this one are not going away. The W32/Kedebe-F worm spreads itself via e-mail using a wide variety of different subject lines and message bodies. Users who fall for its various tricks and launch the attached file risk disabling their security software.