Hackers Exploiting Television Show “Lost” for Disseminating FAKEAV
According to PandaLabs of computer security firm Panda Security, it has identified another mode of dissemination for malicious software named the MySecurityEngine FAKEAV.
Actually, an online search for details about the television show "Lost", like information about the show's end episode or the method for watching it through streaming video, leads to bogus Web-pages. Like always, these Web-pages have been so manipulated that they come up near the top ranks of the search results returned. But, on clicking them, Web-surfers are lured to download a file, usually certain video codec, while the FAKEAV gets loaded onto their PCs.
Stated PandaLabs that a few among the most frequently-searched terms resulting in the new malicious software are "Lost New Episode Tonight," "Lost New Episode Guide" and "Lost New Episode Stream."
