The deluge of fake CNN alerts continue to fill email boxes around the world. According to Security company MXLogic, spam posing as CNN alerts
hit a peak of 11 million messages per hour early Thursday. It showed little sign of slowing over the weekend.
IT World reports that the messages have the subject heading "CNN Alerts: My
Custom Alert," and sometimes uses legitimate news stories culled from
CNN to make the messages more convincing. Users who click on the "FULL
STORY" link in the message are redirect to a fake CNN site, where they
are told they need to download an update to Flash Player, Adobe's
popular Internet media player, to view a video clip from CNN. If users
agree to download the bogus Flash update, they are trapped in an
endless loop with the only option to shut down the browser or give in
and install the malware.
As always, do not open email that comes from an unknown user. And
Adobe recommends that you do not download Flash Player from a site
other than Adobe.com. The real CNN Breaking News alertsare perfectly safe, but you must sign up for them.
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