Storm Worm

 

Storm Worm exploited users’ thirst for sensational news headlines. In this case, the headline was “230 dead as storm batters Europe” which accompanied a link to the “story.” When users clicked the link, instead of reading a news story, they downloaded a virus that then turned their computer into a bot that redistributed the email.

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