Malware Posing As Change.gov

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PandaLabs has identified a botnet running a malware campaign impersonating president-elect Obama’s website. The front page of the site features a sensational story titled “Barack Obama has refused to be a president”. Clicking the link will download the malware and make the target’s machine part of the botnet. They’re using fast-flux to assign the malicious domains to the massive number of compromised nodes that are hosting the actual site. The team has contacted the domain name registrar in China to get the domains removed. Using a sensational headline is not new to malware; it’s how the Storm Worm got its name.

[via lithium]

13 thoughts on “Malware Posing As Change.gov

  1. @conservative_masses
    “conservative” can no longer be equated with “republican”, at least not in any sane way
    are you a “classic” republican or a modern republican? if you’re the latter, gtfo please

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