Tiger Wood’s Accident Being Used For Spreading Malware
November 28, 2009Tiger Woods crashed his car this morning (very, very early in the morning). There is some confusion/gossip/rumor over his condition at the time of the crash (insinuations that he was drunk and whatnot…something that the police investigating the situation have expressly denied).
However, what’s for certain is that a) there is a lot of interest in the story and b) hackers haven’t wasted any time of using it to their advantage.
What have hackers done? Basically, they claim that they have videos of the crash…and require you to install a “video player” to see it. Except that the video player is a trojan that will install all sorts of malware on your computer.
This is the same tactic used for other stuff, like offers of free porn or clips for the new Twilight: New Moon movie. Don’t fall for it. God knows there are plenty of videos going around; just go to youtube or something….
