Spam Claims to be Recruiting Users to Participate in DDoS

Spammers have started to exploit the heated opinions surrounding healthcare reform in the US. A new batch of spam messages point recipients to a site where they are encouraged to download a software tool that can purportedly be used to help launch a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against the White House web site. The users are urged to visit the site often for updates. While it is unclear whether the download is actually a DDoS tool, it is evidently some sort of malware.

More info at:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/19/obama_ddos_tool_ruse/
http://www.scmagazineus.com/Spammers-seeking-volunteers-to-DDoS-White-House/article/146807/