I have noticed a remarkable surge in spam and other nasty bits landing in my email inbox. Turns out that I’m by no means alone in this.
Hackers are shamelessly exploiting the festive season to spread malware.
A Christmas-themed jigsaw puzzle game called Christmas_Puzzle.exe doing the rounds is actually a Trojan (Ardamax-E) that uses rootkit technology to hide its presence on compromised systems.
Meanwhile a PowerPoint file named Christmas+Blessing-4.ppt uses an IE vulnerabilities to deposit malicious code on vulnerable Windows boxes. The exploit has been embedded in an innocent Christmas-themed PPT slideshow that’s been circulating on the net, security firm F-Secure notes.
Read the full article after the jump.
[tags]Malware, Spam, Virus[/tags]
