Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Kate Gives Birth to Malware

As soon as the royal baby was born, malware distributors went to town, posting videos and photos that are supposedly "exclusive" shots of the kid.  Needless to say, what you get are various forms of nasty programs on your computer.

"Malware authors worldwide have been waiting ages for this," according to anti-malware veteran turned independent security blogger Graham Cluley. "Exclusive first pictures", "Secret video from inside delivery room" and "Sex revealed" images from the royal birth might become the theme of scams, according to Cluley. "I don't want to scaremonger, but it's easy to imagine," he said.

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