Hackers exploit people fears of diseases and spread spam emails that encourage recipients to visit a fake website that allegedly offers vaccinations to protect them against the virus that causes swine flu.
This spam email appears to be from the U.S centers for disease control. The email directs the recipients to a fake website that looks like an official website, which requests users to fill out a vaccination form. This malicious site immediately downloads malware to the users’ PCs. This malware allow the hackers to take control over the users’ PCs and use them to commit identity theft, turn the users’ PCs into spam servers, attack other PCs and much more.
Hackers usually use topics that are at the top of the news in order to scam innocent users.
Be cautious, don’t open or download attachments or click links from an unknown sender.
