Ebola Goes Online - Watch Out for Email That Could Give Your PC a Nasty Virus Kaustubh Katdare - Crazy Engineers
go to original October 27, 2014

The Ebola is going online and has began affecting computers. The bad guys on the Internet have coded a malware that arrives through email and affects vulnerable computers and do really nasty things - like capturing your photos from your computer's webcam, record audio from microphone, get control of your desktop remotely, alter files and upload them to a remote server and even steal passwords. The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has issued an alert about this fresh attack.

So far, two types of emails have been identified to carry the malware. One disguises itself as an authentic email from WHO about tips to prevent Ebola. The email has an attachment that claims to have the prevention tips. As soon as the user clicks on the attachment, the malware activates and downloads itself on the victim's computer. Second email is a fake one from Mexican Government about the status of Ebola in Mexico. When the user downloads the attachment, the malware downloads and affects the victim's computer.

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