The president-elect’s first malware campaign

And so it begins.

The tickertape from Barack Obama’s celebratory party has probably not even been swept up yet, but the hackers have wasted no time in launching a malware campaign.

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Experts at Sophos have discovered a widespread spam attack, claiming to contain a link to news about the new president.

The emails, which have subject lines such as “Obama win preferred in world poll” and claim to come from [email protected], have accounted for approximately 60% of all malicious spam seen by SophosLabs in the last hour.

Clicking on the link, however, takes internet users to a webpage which insists you…

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