Hackers use Brazilian plane crash to push malware
Hackers haven't wasted any time exploiting the airplane crash in Sao Paulo, Brazil that claimed nearly 190 lives Tuesday, a U.S. security company said today.
An e-mail campaign is using the tragedy to lure readers to a malicious Web site, reported Websense Inc. in an alert. According to Websense, the e-mail, written in Portuguese, includes details of the TAM airlines flight that crashed after trying to land at the notoriously dangerous Congonhas Airport, which is located in the middle of Sao Paulo.
"As soon as their names are confirmed, we'll notify the families before any further information becomes public, as determined by existing law," the message read, as translated by Websense. "We remind you that TAM has started its Victims and Family Assistance Program and provided a collect number 0800-117900, designed to provide information to families and crew members from this flight."
