New Attack Uses Fake Icon To Deliver Trojan
HealthcareInfoSecurity Compliance Twitter Email sample containing a .zipx attachment (Source: Trustwave) A new malware spam email campaign is delivering the NanoCore remote access Trojan as a malicious Adobe icon to infect its victims, a new report by security firm Trustwave finds. The campaign begins with the attackers sending an email with an attachment called "NEW PURCHASE ORDER.pdf*.zipx." The attachment is an Adobe image file in RAR format, which, when unzipped using WinRAR or 7-Zip, downloads the NanoCore Trojan onto the victims' device. "The motive behind the campaign is to hide the ...
Source: healthcareinfosecurity.com