July 4th based Malware circulating
Posted
Saturday, July 04, 2009 8:02 AM
by
hwaldron
Malicious emails are being spammed related to the themes of: Independence Day, the Fourth of July and fireworks shows. Please be careful and avoid these website links, You-Tube links, or any related attachments.
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6727
http://securitylabs.websense.com/content/Alerts/3431.aspx
http://www.eset.com/threat-center/blog/?p=1244
QUOTE: The malicious Web sites in the current attack also have a July 4 or fireworks theme within the domain name. ThreatSeeker has been monitoring the registration of these domains. Should the user click on the video, which is designed to appear to be a YouTube video, an .exe is offered. When downloaded the .exe would install the latest Waledac variant onto the user's machine.