[/caption]Scammers aren’t being shy about milking the news of Steve Jobs’ death as much as they can.
Now that the scam claiming Apple was giving out free iPads in Jobs’ memory has been blown out of the water, cybercrooks have switch gears from lying to get people to fill out surveys to sending out emails saying he’s a live in order to spread malware.
If you see an email pop up in your inbox with one of the following subject lines, don’t bother opening it:
- Steve Jobs: Not Dead Yet!
- Steve Jobs Alive!
- Steve Jobs Not Dead!
In a blog post, Rodel Mendrez of M86 Security Labs states that the links included in the emails ultimately lead unsuspecting victims to a BlackHole exploit kit landing page, which will attempt to take advantage of any system vulnerabilities in order to download malicious content.
Oddly enough, no files were served to the test machine during M86 Security Labs’ analysis of the new scam, although there’s no telling when the scammers will start pumping malware through the site.
People who receive emails saying Steve Jobs is still alive are advised to delete the emails without opening them or clicking links inside.
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