Malicious hackers are using fake alerts around H1N1 (Swine Flu) vaccines to trick end users into installing malware on Windows computers, according to warnings issued by computer security firms.
The latest malware campaign begins with e-mail messages offering information regarding the H1N1 vaccination. The e-mail messages contain a link to a bogus Centers for Disease Control and Prevention site with prompts to create a user profile. During this process, a malware file gets planted on the user’s machine.
This US-CERT advisory contains some of the e-mail subject lines being used in the spam run. Some examples:
- “Governmental registration program on the H1N1 vaccination”
- “Your personal vaccination profile.”
According to researchers at AppRiver, the scam tricks computer users into believe they are part of a “State Wide H1N1 Vaccination Program” and are required to create a vaccination profile on the CDC website. Read more and see what the email looks like
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