Waledac worm targeting July 4 spam offensive

By Elinor Mills, CNET News.com The Waledac worm is gearing up for a spam campaign related to the July 4 holiday, a security researcher has warned. Researchers analyzing the code of the worm, which has been deploying updates to previously compromised PCs, have discovered that at least 18 domain names have been registered related to fireworks and Independence Day that will be used to trick people into visiting a malicious Web site, said Pierre-Marc Bureau, a senior researcher at antivirus vendor ESET. Starting any time now and lasting through the weekend, the spam e-mail messages will arrive in inboxes with a message urging the recipient to watch a July 4 video. The e-mail messages are expected to... [read full story]                    

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