 Storm
Trojan's Second Wave Arrives like a Missile -
19/01/2007 |
Computer
users are being warned by experts that the hackers behind the
widespread "Storm Trojan" which was spammed widely across the Internet on
Friday 19 June have now renewed their activities using a new piece of
malware, Troj/Dorf-Fam.
These latest spam messages contain a
malicious email attachment bear subject lines including:
·
Radical Muslim drinking
enemies's blood.
·
Chinese missile shot down
Russian satellite
·
Chinese missile shot down
Russian aircraft
·
Chinese missile shot down
USA aircraft
·
Chinese missile shot down
USA satellite
·
Russian missile shot down
USA aircraft
·
Russian missile shot down
USA satellite
·
Russian missile shot down
Chinese aircraft
·
Russian missile shot down
Chinese satellite
·
Saddam Hussein safe and
sound!
·
Saddam Hussein alive!
Attached to each email is a file with
one of the following names:
Full Clip.exe, Full News.exe, Full
Story.exe, Full Text.exe, Full Video.exe, Read More.exe, or Video.exe.
"Many of these subject lines are
referring to today's controversial news that China shot down one of its
own satellites with a medium-range ballistic missile last week," Graham
Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. "It's clear that the
hackers behind these attacks are using breaking news stories to tempt
computer users into clicking on the dangerous attachments. But if you
launch the attached program you are putting your PC and your finances at
risk - hackers will break in, steal and cause havoc if they gain access to
your computer."
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Source: Sophos
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