Wacko Jacko and the Masters of Spam

Security firm Sophos are reporting that spammers are capitalising on the recent death of Michael Jackson to harvest active email accounts. The body of the email appears inert, with no hidden malware. Instead the spammer is expecting, no doubt, to collect email addresses of those interested in hearing more about the "truth" surrounding the pop star's death.

The SANS Internet Storm Center noted in their blog that organisations should be aware of impending Jacko spam and within hours it appeared.

Stand by for a bunch more spam with a lot more malicious content as this story drags out, as it surely will, for years to come, making a lot of lawyers very rich indeed.

More details here http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2009/06/michael-jackson.html