ID: IRCNE2012091600
Date: 2012-09-02
According to “ZDNet”, security researchers from Websense, have intercepted a currently spamvertised malicious campaign, attempting to trick BlackBerry users into downloading and executing the malicious .zip archive.
The archive with MD5: 9a01293b87b058619d55b8d4d12f2a8e is currently detected by 27 out of 42 antivirus scanners as Backdoor.Win32.Androm.gi; Worm:Win32/Gamarue.I.
On a periodic basis, cybercriminals mass mail millions of emails impersonating multiple brands in an attempt to target as many market segments as possible. Thanks to the publicly avaiable DIY email harvesting tools, and managed databases of already harvested millions of segmented email addressess, cybercriminals are at a unique position to reach out to millions of Internet users in a matter of hours.
We're definitely going to see more systematic abuse of well known and trusted brands, in an attempt by the cybercriminals to socially engineer end and corporate users into interacting with their campaigns.
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