New E-mail Worm Spoofs CNN

If you have not come to your senses and bought a Mac or Mac Mini, you will want to be aware of a new e-mail work that is out there. This clever new viral spreader disguises itself as a CNN Headlines Alert to get hapless users to click on it and start the filthy cycle all over again.

Windows users induced into clicking on the infected attachment surrender control of their PCs to crackers. Crowt-A installs a keylogger which captures sensitive data, such as online banking login details, and forwards it to attackers. Infected machines are also turned into relay stations for the worm, spewing copies of it to email addresses harvested from infected PCs. Few instances of the worm have been spotted thus far. Crowt-A is noteworthy in marking an evolution of social engineering tricks, rather than for the relatively low risk it poses.

Be on the lookout. It has not gotten far as of now. But even the computer-phobic surf CNN for news, so it has the potential to get a lot bigger over the weekend. Sigh. As though we didn't have enough REAL virii going around this flu season!