So what’s up with the increase? Blame this one on Angelina Jolie “fake” nudes! Spammers have been sending out emails tempting users to view “nude” pictures of Angelina and other famous women. Clicking on the link gives you another surprise..the Pushdo Trojan!
“The trick of tempting users with scantily clad pictures of hot-looking girls is as old as the hills, but people still fall for it. This outbreak underlines that hackers have not turned their backs on using email as a vector for attack. “
It sounds funny, yet true! Goes to show that there needs to be an increase in user awareness around clicking on links in SPAM as well as opening email attachments. Many people think that if they have anti-virus installed then they are protected. This isn’t always the case as Trojans like these take time for the anti-virus vendors to develop signatures for and every anti-virus vendor is different.
Full article on this is here.