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June 6, 2005

New Osama trojan: social engineering at its best

The Osama trojan - a mass mailing trojan that claims to contain pictures of a captured Osama bin Laden - shows that originality or even novelty isn't a requirement. This hoax was debunked over a year ago by the Urban Legends Reference Pages folks. And yet it happily ensnares people today.

Posted by schampeo at June 6, 2005 3:52 PM