Twilight star's pictures become latest malware threat
The story that Twilight star Ashley Greene nude picture are on the Internet is being used to lure young fans to a website that infects their computers with malware.
Malware writers are jumping on the news that nude photos of Ashley Greene, star of teen film Twilight, were leaked onto the internet, leading to huge demand for the pics.
According to Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, hackers are posting links on internet message boards and forums which claim to point to the photos, but actually lead to malicious sites.
Some of the malware discovered, OSX/Jahlav-C, even allows the hacker to take control of the infected PC.
Cluley added: "Don't think that you escape if you're a Windows user. The webpage determines if you are visiting from a Windows or Mac computer and serves up the appropriate flavour of malware.
"My advice is that if you're a fan of Ashley Greene, go see her movies in the cinema or on...
Twilight star's nude picture malware
The story that Twilight star Ashley Greene nude picture are on the Internet is being used to lure young fans to a website that infects their computers with malware.
Malware writers are jumping on the news that nude photos of Ashley Greene, star of teen film Twilight, were leaked onto the internet, leading to huge demand for the pics.
According to Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, hackers are posting links on internet message boards and forums which claim to point to the photos, but actually lead to malicious sites.
Some of the malware discovered, OSX/Jahlav-C, even allows the hacker to take control of the infected PC.
Cluley added: "Don't think that you escape if you're a Windows user. The webpage determines if you are visiting from a Windows or Mac computer and serves up the appropriate flavour of malware.
"My advice is that if you're a fan of Ashley Greene, go see her movies in the cinema or on...
Twilight star's nude picture malware