[infoshare] reminder to be careful what you open
- From: "Luis Guerra" <screenreader@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "InfoShare" <InfoShare@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:29:23 -0400
Uniform traffic ticket malware attack widely spammed out
by
Graham Cluley
on August 17, 2011 |
Computer users beware! There's a new widely spammed-out malware attack,
claiming
that you have being fined for speeding in New York City.
The email, which claims to come from the New York State Department of
Motor Vehicles,
poses as a "Uniform Traffic Ticket" and says that you are charged with
speeding at
7:25 AM on the 5th July 2011.
The message concludes that you should print out the attached ticket and
send it to
the court.
Malicious traffic ticket email
Well, stop there right there! Because the attached file (called
Ticket-O64-211.zip)
contains a malicious Trojan horse, designed to download further
malicious code onto
your computer and compromise your security.
The truth is that although the email claims to come from an @nyc.gov
email address,
the details have been forged and the entire attack is designed to trick
unsuspecting
computer users into opening the attached file.
Sophos anti-virus products detect the malware proactively as
Mal/ChepVil-A
, and the ZIP file itself as
Troj/Invo-Zip
.
Users of other anti-virus products would be wise to check that they are
protected,
as this attack is being aggressively spammed out right now.
Don't make the mistake of thinking only American computer users are at
risk of attacks
like this. As comments posted on
Sophos's Facebook page
prove, users have been receiving these messages even when based on the
other side
of the world.
Facebook messages regarding malware attack
Even if you aren't based in the United States, or even don't drive a
car, you may
very well open the attachment out of curiousity and end up with an
infected computer.
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