Waledac Spreads More Malware Love

[Peaches]

Feb13 2009

WALEDAC Spreads More Malware Love

by Argie Gallego (Anti-spam Research Engineer)

img {max-width:650px;width: expression(this.width > 650 ? 650: true);border-style:none; } Along with the flowers, heart-shaped boxes of chocolates, and other sundry Valentine’s Day gifts that come rolling in at this time of the year, there are always malware attacks attempting to take advantage of the holiday.

A recently reported case of malware-related spam contains a short Valentine’s message — and with an embedded URL that leads to malicious content, under the guise of L’amor:

Upon clicking the link, it opens a browser and directs to a Valentine’s Day-themed website.

TrendMicro for details & screenshots: http://blog.trendmicro.com/