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Thursday, August 7, 2008
Angelina Jolie naked
See that one come through your email in box lately?
Probably so.
A new report from Internet security company Secure Computing shows that emails mentioning actress Jolie and other celebrities (also often naked) are the most common forms of e-mail spam tied to hacker attacks these days.
Angelina Jolie spam emails (other variations include “Angelina Jolie nude movie” and “Angelina Jolie naked video”) accounted for more than 2 percent of all email sent over the Internet last month, according to Secure Computing.
Recipients ignorant enough to actually open and click on the fake video link inside the emails are taken to a Web site that automatically downloads a malicious software “Trojan” that can scan their computer, disable security features, modify files and collect sensitive personal information.
And who knew Angelina Jolie was so bad?
Of course she’s not the only celebrity used by hackers in naughty email spam. According to Secure Computing, following Angelina in the top celebrity spam count were emails mentioning Barack Obama, followed by the more usual suspects Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson.
Hillary Clinton was next, followed by George Bush, Osama Bin Laden and Angelina Jolie’s hubbie, Brad Pitt.
Michael Jackson rounded out the Top 10 list of celebrity email spam, proving that when it comes to spam, you just can’t Beat It.
