Nastygram: CDC ’swine flu’ vaccine scam

December 1st, 2009 admin

E-mail scam artists are impersonating the Centers for Disease Control with a bogus e-mail that claims to offer information about a state-run vaccination program for the H1N1 “Swine Flu” contagion. This highly topical and plausible e-mail message directs recipients to a fake CDC Web site that tries to foist malicious software. Recipients who fall for the ruse and click the link are brought to a counterfeit CDC site that showcases a “Personal H1N1 Vaccination Profile” as an electronic document that supposedly contains


Originally posted on SecurityFix

 
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