New e-mail message that looks like it is circulating on CNN and links to bogus Web pages CNN, offering “graphic” videos related to Israel and Hamas, but instead of the conflict is taking place Trojan, which steals confidential data , RSA said on Thursday.

When someone clicks on a link to the video on fake websites CNN mistakenly calling emerges visitor to download the latest version of Adobe Flash Player. Clicking on the link sets “SSL stealer” Trojan, which reflects the financial and other sensitive information, RSA said in a blog.

Trojan searches for the encrypted connection between your computer and the well-known financial institutions, and when he sees the data sent it distracts its malicious third party, said Sam Curry, vice president of product management and strategy in South Africa.

The social engineering attack is the fact that e-mail pretends to media companies and then tries to steal financial data, he said. “Usually when you get phished they send you an e-mail under the guise of banks or other financial institutions,” he said.

RSA discovered the attack early on Wednesday and worked with others to obtain a fake site is closed. At the peak on Thursday, about 80,000 phishing e-mail was sent, according to Curry.

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