WARNING: Do not download the Adobe Flash Player from CNN or any other web site you reach by clicking on a link.
Another realistic-looking phishing email is making the rounds. It purpors to be a news alert from CNN regarding an imminent cease-fire in the Israel-Gaza conflict. Click on the link in the news alert and you go to a page that looks like a real CNN page with a real news story ... but it is not.
To see the "news story", you are to download the newest Adobe Flash Player. Instead of the real player, it is a "Trojan horse" program designed to steal financial passwords and personal details.
"The scam is yet another example of how adept fraudsters are in engineering attacks with near real-time response to breaking news," says RSA Security in a blog posting. "It also underscores the opportunistic nature of fraud purveyors who increasingly prey upon public interest and/or concern regarding national or global events of broad importance."
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