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Hidden Malware Attacks in e-Greetings|
- By CXOtoday Staff, Dec 01, 2008 1701 hrs IST
- Tags : Trojan backdoor, Malware, e-Greetings
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Malware authors have devised ingenious techniques to trap unsuspecting users over the past few years. They have been using various social engineering tactics to gain control over compromised machines.
A recent spam campaign uses email messages in the form of e-greetings and animated postcards which actually lead to a Trojan backdoor.
The email messages, spoofed to appear as though they have been sent from postcards.org, display an animated Christmas scene. A URL link within the email leads to a malicious file called postcard.exe hosted on various servers, including those in the .com TLD space.
Once executed, a backdoor is created by the malware author enabling access and control over the resources of the compromised machine. Control is conducted over IRC.
As a part of the distraction techniques, an image called xmas.jpg is also displayed to the user during the install process.
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