Katrina-themed malware attack hits the net

[muckshifter]

Published Friday 2nd September 2005 13:31 GMT
Hurricane Katrina is bringing out the worst in people on the net as well as on the streets of New Orleans. Spam emails purporting to offer links to news about Katrina are been used to tempt potential victims onto a site hosting Trojan malware.

The site exploits well-known IE vulnerabilities to install a variety of Trojans including Cgab-A, Borobot-P, Borobot-Q, Borodldr-H and Inor-R. Security firm Sophos reports that subject lines used in the malicious emails include, but are not limited to, the following:

For crying out loud ... how low can some people go?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/02/katrina_trojan_attack/

 

[Ian]

I hope the buggers get caught, some people really have no morals.

 

[V_R]

Thats just terrible....

Gotta be really sad aint they...

 

[itsme]

Now that is really sick