Osama bin Laden with Malware.

[Ceyfer √]

Cyber criminals will jump at any chance and use any news to spread malware, and news doesn't get much bigger right now (sorry William and Kate) than the death of Osama bin Laden. It was obvious that we would see SEO poisoning leading to malware, image search poisoning, spam campaigns, and so on. But at the same time, cyber criminals also like to get lucky, which happened here.

Twitter is a great source of information, and in the aftermath of the news of bin Laden's death, people started noticing that a Twitter account called @ReallyVirtual based in Abbottabad, Pakistan had tweeted about hearing helicopters and explosions in the area six hours before the news became public. Essentially he live tweeted during the attack.

Via Websense

See the trend?

Social engineering tactic best works when it uses controversial stuff, and by the way on the other side, Osama Bin Laden facebook scam is also now online!

[princeaniket]

Thanks for the info Ceyfer..
very old and dirty ticks by the fake software vendor..

[INDRANIL]

Aha game just have started . Careful guys. Thanks ceyfer .

[Student26]

Tricky. Thanks for the heads up. Always worth being careful about going to sites that you do not. Read a similar article here.

[Bearcat]

Thanks for the warning Ceyfer. I think using good old common sense is a must nowadays, even more so than ever.

[luffy]

Osama Bin Laden Facebook scam. Good name.

[Alboguy]

Hehehe!! Here we go:

[INDRANIL]

Nice share Albo .

[JayCub]

Appreciate the information Ceyfer, the old saying curiosity killed the cat springs to mind, not intended for Leo i would rather read the BBC news page or my home page.

[jj1two3]

Thanks for the heads up ceyfer.