Faked CNN spam blitz pushes fake Flash

Posted on August 8th, 2008 at 7:44 am to iTNews by INQUIRER Staff

Bogus alerts purporting to be from CNN are luring victims to over 1,000 hacked websites pushing fake, malware-infested Flash Player software, Internet security watchdogs have warned.

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