| Hitman spam threatens users for cash
Spam email pretending to be from a hired killer is being sent out in an effort to blackmail recipients for up to $80,000. The emails usually start with a cheery greeting of 'Good day' or have a subject line saying 'Read this to be safe and a new life in this new year' before going on to threaten the reader. "Do not contact the police or FBI or try to send a copy of this to them, because if you do I will know and might be pushed to do what I have being paid to do, beside, this is the first time I turned out to be a betrayer in my job," the main text reads. The emails then claim that the recipient has been stalked by a hired assassin for 10 days, but that the hitman is prepared to drop the contract if he is paid a total of $80,000 (£41,200).
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Malware writers have been at it again, this time infecting inboxes with tabloid-style Subject lines like "230 dead as storm batters Europe" and "First nuclear act of terrorism!" Commtouch (Nasdaq: CTCH) reported today. "We expect an escalation in spam post-Storm," predicts Commtouch CTO Amir Lev. "The malware is distributed to set up a network of infected zombie computers, which can then be used to launch massive spam campaigns." By creating Subject lines that sound just plausible enough like, "hugo chavez dead" and attachments with names like "full clip.exe" and "read more.exe," malware writers are able to lure unwary recipients into clicking on an executable file attached to an email message, using a technique known as social engineering.
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