'David Beckham' recruits zombies
In the latest example of hackers using social engineering techniques, a malicious message that claims to contain pictures of David Beckham in a compromising position has hit the Internet
A new attempt to entice users to fall victim to a Trojan horse has been discovered by antivirus firm Sophos, after it was posted on a swathe of Internet news groups over the weekend.
The message claims to contain pictures of English footballer David Beckham caught in a compromising position with "a Spanish hooker", but when the file is opened it instead installs the Hackarmy Trojan horse. This program turns a PC into a 'zombie computer' that can be controlled remotely by hackers, and used to distribute spam or launch denial of service attacks.
Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, said the file has been posted to thousands of different news sites.
