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Spammers using Air France Crash to 'distribute malware'

Cybercriminals are using spam email claiming to provide more information about the recent Air France Crash to spread malicious code.

According to SCMagazine, spammers have created a new email campaign containing headlines such as 'Another plane crashed' and 'Last seconds of plane' to try and dupe internet users into visiting illegitimate websites.

The emails, which also used the subject line 'A-330 blackbox record' contained links to tamiflu and Viagra drugs.

Francois Paget, senior virus research engineer at McAfee, said it was distressing that the dodgy businesses were using the tragedy to promote their questionable products.

Meanwhile, another security analyst at Websense said other emails that used the Air France crash as the hook were disseminating password-stealing Trojans, and warned users to be careful when sifting through their inboxes.

In related news, cybercriminal Sanford Wallace faces a lengthy jail sentence if he is convicted of spamming and phishing activity in the US.

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