Malware makers take advantage of Patrick Swayze's death
Malware-makers are an ever-crafty bunch. Constantly, many of them are seeking out new ways to trick people into running their nasty, nasty programs.
In the past week, malware researchers from Sophos have been detecting a rise in the use of news stories as lures to infected websites. Particularly makers of 'scareware' -- programs that pretend to be virus scanners, but that are malware-delivery programs -- have been taking advantage of late breaking news to attract Google'rs. From Michael Jackson's death, to Serena William's blow-up at a ref, to Kayne West making more of an ass of himself, some scareware-loaded sites are able to get high Googling rankings for their web pages by quickly referencing late breaking news.
