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Malware targets Human Resources

posted onJanuary 20, 2011
by hitbsecnews

Malware makers have come up with a wizard wheeze to make sure that their poisoned attachments are opened.

They are making their emails appear like job applications and the malware is contained in a poisoned CV.

Although malware has been around for ages, it appears that the crooks are finally working out that there are attachments that some companies do open without question. Human Resources will always open a CV for example. Now the US Internet Crime Complaint Center is warning that hackers are searching the internet for online job postings to send their poisoned applications.

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