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Author: | Janez [ Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:58 pm ] |
Post subject: | ATTACKERS USE SKYPE, OTHER IM APPS TO SPREAD LIFTOH TROJAN |
SC Magazine featured the following article on June 1, 2013 Users receiving shortened URLs in Skype instant messages, or similar IM platforms, should be wary of a new trojan, called Liftoh. So far, it has primarily infected users in Latin America, said Rodrigo Calvo, a researcher at Symantec. When targeted, victims receive a message in Spanish containing a shortened URL. The messages appear as if they are coming from someone on the user’s Skype contact list who is linking to a photo. If clicked, the link redirects users to 4shared.com, which is hosting a URL, which initiates a weaponized zip file containing Liftoh. The trojan is capable of downloading additional malware. The malicious URLs have been clicked on more than 170,000 times, according to Symantec. |
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