Michael Jackson Spam/Malware
Most of the time I let an alert like this go by, but with the outpouring of grief at the senseless overdose death of Michael Jackson, I wanted this to be out there so at least a few people can protect themselves.
It has come to my attention via Sans.Org that MJ related spam with an attachment is being sent out, offering to show the recipient a news report regarding his death yesterday. This attachment contains a screen saver trojan that will infect your system (an .SCR file).
Please be safe and review your security procedures. That’s true in the best of times, but there will be an absolute flood of dangerous e-mail as malicious people exploit this event.