Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos's global network of virus and spam analysis centres, have warned users to be on their guard against an attempt by hackers to break into their computers under the disguise of being a Microsoft security update.Read Sopho's warning here.
Sophos's spam labs have intercepted an email campaign intended to direct innocent computer users to a bogus website, posing as Microsoft's official website for critical security patches. However, if users follow the links in the email and try and download updates from the website they are infected by the Troj/DSNX-05 Trojan horse, which allows hackers to take remote control of the infected PC.
Read Microsoft’s How to Tell If a Microsoft Security-Related Message Is Genuine here.
Hat tip to tomshardware.com for the topic.
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