Today, Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation. Shortly after the official announcement of his resignation, spammers began flooding Twitter with fake messages containing the hashtag #Pope in an attempt to attract users to specific websites.
According to the announcement released by Sophos security researchers, most of the spam tweets advertise services for adults.
Here are some examples:
“#Pope how to make any woman interested in [you know what] with you. Seriously, check this [link] ”
“#Pope [link] How to Make Any Woman Interested in You. I can't believe how right that is.”
Currently, most links lead to websites with advertisements aimed at profit for the spammers each time someone clicks the links. However, some links lead to sites that claim to contain inappropriate videos.
Major events like the Pope's resignation can easily be exploited by cybercriminals to lure users and lead them to websites with malicious software or to phishing sites.
