CNN switched to MSNBC

Published: 2008-08-13. Last Updated: 2008-08-13 15:28:36 UTC
by Adrien de Beaupre (Version: 1)
6 comment(s)

The malware spamming out CNN alerts is now picking on MSNBC. The links do lead to malware advise your users not to click on them! I have seen hundreds this morning, and a number of readers have written in about them.The headlines vary, but they all appear to start "BREAKING NEWS".

Cheers,
Adrien de Beaupré intru-shun.ca

 

Keywords: malware spam
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Found on our mail system the subjects begin with

msnbc.com - BREAKING NEWS:

John

Aug 13th 2008
1 decade ago

And it's the same group as were sending out the CNN alerts, because the hijacked servers are the same, with the same page and exploit. (http://www.vivtek.com/projects/despammed/stormspam.html)

Michael

Aug 13th 2008
1 decade ago

got another one saying 'Yang gives up control of Yahoo"

eknirb

Aug 13th 2008
1 decade ago

Aaaand now the landing pages have switched to MSNBC-themed pages instead of CNN-themed. The structure is otherwise identical, though. (Well, instead of the asvoo.org antivirus popup, they now have an i56web.org antivirus popup. But otherwise identical exploits.)

Michael

Aug 14th 2008
1 decade ago

I appreciate a good joke:
http://didierstevens.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/fake-msnbc-breaking-news-or-fake-cnn-custom-alert-make-up-your-mind/

Didier Stevens

Aug 14th 2008
1 decade ago

The following contains detailed analysis for bogus MSNBC and CNN news:

http://malware-test-lab.blogspot.com/

Roger Chiu

Aug 14th 2008
1 decade ago

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