Researchers from M86 Security claim the Asprox botnet is responsible for sending the fake failed parcel delivery spam, which distributes the Oficla trojan.Oficla, also known as Sasfis, is a family of downloader-type trojans that is primarily used as a distribution platform for other malware.Scareware creators are reg... |
18 November 2010
09:39 GMT |
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A new malware distribution campaign is generating emails that pose as automatic messages from Xerox WorkCentre Pro machines and try to pass a trojan as a scanned document.The Xerox WorkCentre Pro is a multifunction peripheral, which is relatively popular in business environments and incorporates printing, scanning, c... |
5 November 2010
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Malware distributors are targeting Spanish speakers through fake DHL failed delivery notification emails that carry a variant of the Oficla trojan.The "From" field of the emails is spoofed to appear as if they originate from "DHL Servicios" and the entire message contained within is written in Spanish.The fake emails... |
25 October 2010
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Security researchers from Websense warn that a new round of spam emails carrying malicious attachments pose as password reset notifications sent by Facebook employees.An example of such an email bears a subject of "Facebook Password Reset Confirmation" and its From field lists "Facebook Security-Manager, Sylvia Eary"... |
21 September 2010
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A new wave of malicious emails distributing a variant of the Oficla trojan is ZIP attachments, masquerade as password change notification from Facebook.The rogue emails bear a subject of "Your facebook password has been changed" and come with a spoofed "From" field to appear as if they originate from an information@f... |
16 September 2010
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Security researchers warn of new infected emails trying to pass a computer trojan for an electronic fax document allegedly sent by eFax.The rogue emails come with a subject of "You've got fax" and have a spoofed From field in order to appear as if they originate from an efax@efax.com address.The messages bear th... |
14 September 2010
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A new wave of spam emails purporting to be automated messages sent by Xerox WorkCentre Pro machines are distributing a trojan from the Oficla family of malware.The WorkCentre Pro is a rather popular series of multifunctional devices incorporating copying, printing, scanning and faxing functions manufactured by Xerox.... |
20 August 2010
16:34 GMT |
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A trojan distributed via fake DHL emails installs a new piece of scareware which mimics the Windows Automatic Updates screen in order to make the rogue program look legitimate.The attack starts with a spam email, that claims to originate from DHL International. The message informs the recipient that their package cou... |
18 August 2010
14:21 GMT |
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A new spam campaign attempts to trick users into executing malicious files by claiming they are scanned documents. The fake emails masquerade as automatic messages sent by Xerox WorkCentre Pro machines.The spam emails come with a subject of “Scan from a Xerox WorkCentre Pro #0713393” and have an archive f... |
16 July 2010
12:32 GMT |
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