Swine influenza (also called swine flu, hog flu, and pig flu) refers to influenza caused by those strains of influenza virus, called swine influenza virus (SIV), that usually infect pigs.[1] Swine influenza is common in pigs in the midwestern United States (and occasionally in other states), Mexico, Canada, South America, Europe (including the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Italy), Kenya, Mainland China, Taiwan, Japan and other parts of eastern Asia.
The swine flu, or H1N1 virus, is an attractive tool for spammers, security vendor F-Secure reiterated.In a statement, F-Secure said 1,344 domains with the term "swine flu" were registered over the last weekend. To date, none of the domains are hosting any malicious files, save the influenza frequently asked questions.pdf exploit reported last week.
Chia Wing Fei, security response manager from F-Secure Security Labs, said in the statement: "The attacks arrive via an unsolicited e-mail message typically containing a subject line related to the swine flu.
"These e-mail messages may contain a link or an attachment. If users click on this link or open the attachment, they may be directed to a phishing Web site or exposed to malicious code."
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
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