June 03, 2005 "Osama Captured" E-mail Trojan Infected Osama bin Laden has not been captured, contrary to what millions of e-mails carrying a Trojan horse are saying, security firms warn. Courtesy of Osama bin Laden has not been captured, contrary to what millions of e-mails carrying a Trojan horse are saying, security firms said Friday as they warned users not to open the attachments bundled with the bogus message. Since Thursday evening, U.K.-based BlackSpider Technologies has blocked more than a million messages containing the Psyme Trojan horse, the security company said in an e-mail. The messages, which use several different subjects -- including "God Bless America!" and "Finally! Captured!" -- claim that Osama has been snatched, then goes on to say that while CNN or the BBC don't yet have footage, a military channel does. The attachment, the message continues, are images grabbed from that channel. The images are compressed and collected in a .zip file. The Psyme is tucked into the .zip file, and when run, notifies the attacker that it's in place, and scans a number of pre-set URLs to download additional malicious code. Some of those URLs were still active as of Friday morning, according to a bulletin posted by the Finnish security vendor F-Secure. Friday's fake message wasn't the first to evoke Osama's name in the hope of duping users into opening attachments. In July, 2004, for instance, a Trojan was packed with a message claiming that bin Laden had committed suicide. E-mail This Story Print This Story Get the latest Messaging news, product info, and trends every week.			Spyware And Adware Continue To Plague PCs FTC Smacks Spammer With $900K Fine IM: Real-Time Securrity Problems For Financial Services Bot Herders Ready Attack Against Message Forums Researchers Warn Of Coming Tax Scams Mirapoint Unveils E-mail Archiving Appliance     Messaging Pipeline's Main RSS Feed     Messaging Pipeline's Blog RSS Feed Editorial and vendor perspectives The Six Flavors Of Windows Vista Microsoft plans to release a full six-pack of Vista versions, one for every taste. Which Vista will be right for you? Hope is Not Enough When It Comes To Compliance Three Ways To Authenticate E-Mail And Stop Spam Wikis In The Workplace Review: Google Desktop 3 Vendors are now talking about how collaboration can be improved by integrating video with messaging applications. They're even talking about adding live TV to mobile phones. How far do you go before it becomes a bandwidth and business productivity drain? Video is a great idea     13% Video is fine but there needs to be size limits     25% It's never used for anything really productive     38% I draw the line at live TV     25% In search of messaging products? Check out our brand new Product Finder for a directory of groupware and collaboration tools, security products, archiving solutions, and more.