ANTenna Blog -- Security

Swine Flu's making headlines and making people nervous, which is leading people to look for swineflu information on the Web. No surprise that the cybercrooks are setting up swine flu scam addresses and sites.

As the attention and concern over the spread of swine flu and its pandemic potential grows, so does the level of swineflu scam urls being set up to prey upon public concern.

Security company Sonic Wall reports that dozens of urls have been grabbed, including:

360swineflu.com
avertswineflu.com
avoidswineflu.com
avoidswineflu.net
beatswineflu.com
bestswinefluprotection.com
cureswineflu.com
eswineflu.com
fightswineflu.com
fightswineflu.info
fightswineflu.us
flu-swine.com
fluswine.com
h1n1-swine-flu.com
h1n1-swine-flu.info
h1n1-swine-flu.net
h1n1-swineflu.com
h1n1swineflu.net
humanswineinfluenza.com
keithsswineflu.com
mexican-swineflu.com
mexican-swineflu.info
mexican-swineflu.net
mexicanswineflu.biz
mexicanswineflu.info
mexicanswineflu.net
mexicanswineflu.us
mexicoswineflupandemic.com
mswineflu.com
noswineflu.net
noswinefluenow.com
noswineflunow.com
pandemicswineflu.net
pandemicswineflu.org
pandemicswineflu.us
prepareforswineflu.com
preventionofswineflu.com
preventswineflu.com
preventswineflu.org
protectyourselffromswineflu.com
surviveswineflu.com
swine--flu.com
swine--flu.info
swine--flu.net
swine--flu.org
swine--flu.us
swine-flu-1.org
swine-flu-cure.com
swine-flu-drug.com
swine-flu-epidemic.com
swine-flu-epidemic.info
swine-flu-epidemic.org

And those are just some of them. Even a partial list and a quick glance shows that the crooks are playing all the search-term bases, eager to spread their infections to a nervous public eager to avoid getting infected.

Look for a dramatic increase in swine flu spam and phony meds scams -- and warn your people to be on the lookout for it too.

Good opportunity to remind all of you employees that headlines prompt scamlines: If they're looking for information about the flu, they should visit reputable news sites or agencies such as the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention.

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