Malware Laden Spam on the Rise Again
Security experts are reporting that malware laden spam is on the increase. The malware is either delivered via .zip or .rar attachments or by directing the recipient to a compromised website via a link. Another method rising in popularity is the embedding of malicious code into the source code of the message. Most of the payloads were Trojans and information-stealing applications. The most popular malware sent via spam is the Pandex Trojan, which turns a computer into a zombie machine, harvests addresses from a variety of files, including .eml, .txt, and htm, and installs a rootkit. Read the rest of this article
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