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The Lowest of the Low
First off, I would like to express my deepest sympathies to the families and everyone else that were caught up in the shooting deaths and wounding of so many people at Virginia Tech. The nation is in mourning over this tragedy and words just cannot express the feelings that I’m sure are felt by the vast majority of the people in this fine nation.
I would like to point out though that there always seems to be some lower lifeforms that will try to capitalize on these types of events. I’m talking about scam artists, spammers and hackers that will use this tragedy to damage, destroy, steal or cheat you out of anything they can, by however means they can. There’s already been attempts to infect peoples PC’s with Trojan horse programs and viruses by encouraging people to click on links or view videos that include malware designed to steal banking information.
IT security and control firm Sophos has warned individuals of a social engineering phishing campaign that attempts to capitalize on the tragedy at Virginia Tech. Spam messages teasing camera phone footage of the Virginia Tech shootings have begun flooding inboxes worldwide. These messages, however, are infected with malware and could pose major problems if clicked through.
To avoid falling victim to one of the schemes, Sophos encourages individuals to take extreme caution when downloading links from an unidentified source and to make informed decisions about where they gather information
Also, already more than 450 new domain names have been purchased on the ‘net with names related to Virginia Tech, presumably, most will be used for scams, charity theft and phishing attempts. The registrations have already appeared faster than the number that occurred after the Hurricane Katrina disaster in August 2005.
Beware out there folks, don’t let these scumballs take you for a ride or steal your information. Make sure you know what you’re clicking on and always check out any charitable organization to ensure they are legit before you donate money. No matter how authentic the website looks!!
tags: scams, spammers, Virginia Tech, trojan horse, thieves
