Spammers use Madonna’s 50th birthday hype to attack
Pop Icon Madonna’s popularity has been hijacked by spammers who are sending malicious spam messages which compromise security.
According to an Australian online newspaper, IT NEWS, the warning was issued by security vendor Sophos, who said the spammers are using the hype around Madonna’s 50th birthday and looming world tour, which kicks off this weekend, as a lure to malware in a new round of malicious spam messages.
The website said that a link to an alleged scandalous video of the star and promises of up to date gossip related to her are used to lure internet users into clicking on the link and inadvertently downloading malicious malware.
However, Sophos warns users that click on the URL expecting a video will instead download a Trojan horse called Troj/FakeVir-EW that displays a bogus security warning encouraging them to purchase a piece of fake anti-virus software.
