New spammed malware attack is impersonating messages from micro-blogging site Twitter.
VNU.Com reports that researchers at Symantec said that the attack poses as an invitation to join Twitter with the message: 'Your friend has invited you to Twitter.' The message also contains images of the Twitter logo and front pages.
Rather than send the user to Twitter by way of a URL, however, the message asks the user to open an attachment under the name 'InvitationCard.zip'. On launching the attached file, the user is infected with a malicious worm that attempts to send out mass email messages.
Users are advised not to open the invitation attachments or any other unsolicited or suspicious email attachments.
"As Twitter continues to gain popularity among social networking users, people are regularly receiving invitations and email updates from fellow users, " wrote Symantec researcher Sammy Chu in a blog post.
"We expect that spammers will continue to use Twitter and other popular social...
New Twitter email attack
VNU.Com reports that researchers at Symantec said that the attack poses as an invitation to join Twitter with the message: 'Your friend has invited you to Twitter.' The message also contains images of the Twitter logo and front pages.
Rather than send the user to Twitter by way of a URL, however, the message asks the user to open an attachment under the name 'InvitationCard.zip'. On launching the attached file, the user is infected with a malicious worm that attempts to send out mass email messages.
Users are advised not to open the invitation attachments or any other unsolicited or suspicious email attachments.
"As Twitter continues to gain popularity among social networking users, people are regularly receiving invitations and email updates from fellow users, " wrote Symantec researcher Sammy Chu in a blog post.
"We expect that spammers will continue to use Twitter and other popular social...
New Twitter email attack