Once Again, Bogus Promos Used To Seed Malware

[Peaches]

Jan7

Once Again, Bogus Promos Used to Seed Malware

by Maydalene Salvador (Anti-spam Research Engineer)

“The conclusion of the recent holiday season didn’t stop cybercriminals from creating new spoofed promos to distribute malware, of course.

Very much similar to the social-engineering campaign that used McDonald’s and Coca-Cola, yet another spam run that distributes malware was recently found by Trend Micro researchers.

Popular brands such as Ikea, Symantec, Jack Daniel’s, and British Airways were all used for this recent campaign. Spam emails are sent, promoting a coupon and instructing the recipient to open the attached coupon to cash in on savings. But instead of a coupon, the attachment actually contains malware that compromises the victim’s computer.

Story & Screenshots: http://blog.trendmicro.com/