No surprise, but hackers use pop star's demise to dupe users By Gregg Keizer , Computerworld , 06/29/2009 As security researchers expected, hackers have begun to use the death of pop star Michael Jackson to infect people's PCs. Starting late last week and continuing today, messages posing as breaking news alerts from the likes of CNN and the Los Angeles Times have been reaching users' mailboxes, said several security companies, including Sophos, Symantec and Trend Micro. Defending Against the Insider Threat: Download this special report Some of the messages,...
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