Malware being pushed through rumours of Johnny Depps’ death
Johnny Depp today joins the long list of Celebrities who have had rumours of their death spread on the internet. He also joins the list of Celebrities who have had these rumours exploited by malware.
A search on Google.co.uk (Found Here) found no malicious results in the first 5 pages, however when clicking ‘Results from the UK Only’, all results but 1 on the first page linked to the rogue ‘Live PC Care’. After further analysis, it appears that this malware campaign targets people in the UK only… However the rumour is popular worldwide.
The fraudsters likely used blackhat techniques to get to the top of the search engines which will result in millions of hits, because the story is the second biggest on Google News Worldwide today.
However, it should be noted that Mr.Depp, 46, is in fact very much alive.
