In a clever twist on mass-mailed malware, a new worm masquerades as a CNN breaking news bulletin complete with updated headlines to mimic the stories appearing on CNN.com. The content of the e-mail also comes directly from the news site. Astute e-mail users will note, however, that the bogus e-mail contains an attachment, the worm known as Crowt-A, while real CNN news bulletins have no attachments. “The innovative thing about this worm is in its use of real-time, third party content in the construction of the e-mail subject and text,” Ed Moyle of SecurityCurve said.
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This Just In: Malware Mimics Breaking News Bulletin
Posted by: Susan B. Shor January 21, 2005 10:05 AMIn a clever twist on mass-mailed malware, a new worm masquerades as a CNN breaking news bulletin complete with updated headlines to mimic the stories appearing on CNN.com. The content of the e-mail also comes directly from the news site. Astute e-mail users will note, however, that the bogus e-mail contains an attachment, the worm known as Crowt-A, while real CNN news bulletins have no attachments. “The innovative thing about this worm is in its use of real-time, third party content in the construction of the e-mail subject and text,” Ed Moyle of SecurityCurve said.