Got Flash? Massive faux-CNN spam blitz uses legit sites to deliver fake Flash

[Cleo]

Isn't Flash great?
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9111858

At least it isn't porn that is being used, just the pornofication of the news.

[papagmp]

I've already got a few dozen of those emails - but anyone that opens an email they didn't expect is a little clueless.

[Greenguy]

You have to admit, some of these headlines are very clickable :D

TOP 10 STORIES
1. Obama-Clinton ticket is most likely
2. Church-goers shot for having different views
3. Church-goers shot for having different views
4. Woman gives birth to 18th child
5. Hillary admits she was wrong
6. GE declares 100 million deficit
7. Floods in Minnesota kill hundreds
8. Facebook under attack by clones
9. Andre Agassi admits drug abuse
10. Miley Cyrus describes her dream man

TOP 10 VIDEOS
1. Facebook under attack by clones
2. Madonna seduced Timberlake on set
3. Car bomb in Washington kills hundreds
4. Madonna admits to 12 different affairs
5. Cuil - new google-ish search engine
6. Hillary falls from horse, hurts arm
7. IBM to file for bankruptcy
8. Facebook under attack by clones
9. Floods in Minnesota kill hundreds
10. Man Offers $1 Billion Reward for Breast Cancer Cure

[Greenguy]

Oops - there's more :D

TOP 10 STORIES
1. Private plane travel to be banned
2. Fatal medication errors at home causes 1 million deaths
3. Gay bishops banned and castigated
4. Amy Winehouse hospitalized following drug overdose
5. Definition of a woman’s G-spot
6. Man Offers $1 Billion Reward for Breast Cancer Cure
7. China has more internet users than US
8. Inflation rises to 35-year high of 8.2%
9. Hillary falls from horse, hurts arm
10. Fatal medication errors at home causes 1 million deaths

TOP 10 VIDEOS
1. Terminator Salvation, fourth Terminator film previews
2. Cuil - new google-ish search engine
3. Drug, alcohol mix blamed for "Joker's" death
4. Church-goers shot for having different views
5. Private plane travel to be banned
6. Man Offers $1 Billion Reward for Breast Cancer Cure
7. Torture widespread in Palestinian jails
8. IBM to file for bankruptcy
9. Floods in Minnesota kill hundreds
10. Learn how to be a guru in finding G-spots

I wish most of these were legit :D

[Cleo]

"Amy Winehouse hospitalized following drug overdose"

Amy Winehouse uses drugs????

[SykkBoy]

They are actually pretty clever...hell, I almost fell for one...luckily, I have a natural inclination to mouseover links in emails...and was also pretty sure that I never subscribed to a CNN update using my APM email address... ;-)

[Bobc01]

I got a shit load of those, thankfully my spam filter took care of them :D

[Trixxxia]

"Amy Winehouse hospitalized following drug overdose"

Amy Winehouse uses drugs????

Was thinking the same thing LMAO Who would have thunk it? The girl looks so virginal-esque ;)

[Trixxxia]

They are actually pretty clever...hell, I almost fell for one...luckily, I have a natural inclination to mouseover links in emails...and was also pretty sure that I never subscribed to a CNN update using my APM email address... ;-)

Exactly - somehow I'm getting these all to my company email account. |angry|

[Pagan]

Today they morphed into CNN Alerts. My Spamblocker has been nicely capturing about 90% of these.