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ITPro: Security: News: Spam now arriving with virus attached
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Spam emails are flooding inboxes not only trying to sell users questionable pharmaceutical products but are also carrying viruses.
Research from email managed service provider MessageLabs has uncovered convergence between spam and viruses through intercepted cyber-criminal activity. The company said that it had intercepted emails that are spam and contain a virus.
The first such emails began trickling in on 14 April, according to the company and these emails mark the latest phase in activity from the Storm worm.
The latest variant of the worm, not only contained pump-and-dump spam but also links to new malware being hosted on websites under the control of the attackers. Purporting to be a screensaver, the malware then drops the Zhelatin MeSpam engine onto the compromised computer. Until now, new versions of Zhelatin have been distributed via botnets to create larger botnets for the purposes of spamming.
Experts said the latest attacks mean that spam should no longer be considered a nuisance but something more deadlier. (continues) |
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