Racy pics of Russian pop duo t.A.T.u tempt e-mail users
Researchers at IT security vendor Sophos today warned of new spyware Trojan horse that promises racy pictures of the teenage Russian pop group t.A.T.u. as a means to entice e-mail users to click on a malicious attachment.
The Banito-BE Trojan horse, according to Sophos, has been spammed out to e-mail addresses around the world promising intimate information on the duo, best known for their schoolgirl outfits and sexually charged performances. The e-mail has three files attached, one of which is a malicious file that could give hackers access to PCs, Sophos says. TATU.CHM is a malicious compressed HTML help file, which offers an album of images but also opens up the PC to malicious activity. Sophos says the potential harm of such files includes data and ultimately financial theft.
