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Royal Birth Triggers Spam Wave

Spammers are taking advantage of online excitement over the birth of Prince William and Duchess Kate’s new baby by sending malicious emails that include links to bad sites. The emails claim to link to a live news feed of royal baby news but instead point to a site hosting malware. The three feeds within the app point to spammy URLs that serve up Black Hole exploit kits. Downloading one of these kits will compromise a user's computer.

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