![]() zip file that accompanies the message, which tells recipients to view the attachment to get more details. Thereafter the text of the e-mail elaborates that an airplane, which was carrying the celebrity and 34 other individuals, hit against a mountain just before landing at the airport, leaving all dead. ![]() ![]() For instance, "Bon Jovi died," "Beyonce Knowles died," "David Beckham died," "Cameron Diaz died," "Brad Pitt died," etc. The spam mails, which are laden with malware, utilize subject lines which tell that a famous star has expired. Researchers at security firm Symantec state that hackers are duping computer-users with stories about dead celebrities in such a way that the latter open opportunities towards getting their own systems compromised that the criminals then use for building Zeus botnets.įamous people's names listed include those of singers, actors and sometimes sports figures ranging from Cruise (Tom) and Anniston (Jennifer) to Z (Jay) and West (Kayne). Spammers Using Dead Celebrity Stories To Build Zeus Botnet
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