Monday, March 3, 2014

WATCHOUT - If you are a cat or sunset lover - Hackers love you


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Hackers are issuing commands to machines infected with the Zbot malware using popular images of sunsets and cats, according to security firm Trend Micro.

"Using steganography, a list of banks and financial institutions that will be monitored is hidden inside the image. The list includes institutions from across the globe, particularly in Europe and the Middle East."
The images can spread in a variety of ways. They can be shared as standalone malicious files that send out commands to infected machines, or inserted into web pages and set to automatically target visitors to the site.

The link below has more details:

http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2331885/hackers-spreading-zbot-malware-using-cat-and-sunset-pictures

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