New Storm Worm Variant Spreading |
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US-CERT has received reports of new Storm Worm related activity. The latest activity is centered around messages related to the recent earthquake in China and the upcoming Olympic Games. This Trojan is spread via an unsolicited email message that contains a link to a malicious website. This website contains a video that when opened may run the executable file "beijing.exe" to infect the user's system with malicious code.
Subject lines can change at any time, but the following subject lines are noted as being used:
- The most powerful quake hits China
- Countless victims of earthquake in China
- Death toll in China is growing
- Recent earthquake in china took a heavy toll
- Recent china earthquake kills million
- China is paralyzed by new earthquake
- Death toll in China exceeds 1000000
- A new powerful disaster in China
- A new deadly catastrophe in China
- 2008 Olympic Games are under the threat
- China's most deadly earthquake
US-CERT encourages users and administrators to take the following preventative measures to mitgate the security risks:
US-CERT reminds users to beware of future phishing attacks that may target natural disasters and the Olympic Games.
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US-CERT Computer Emergency Readiness Team 