Trend Micro Detects Spam Mail Declaring World War III
Researchers at Trend Micro, an online security firm, has cautioned about a spam mail which declares World War III. Also, the mail contains a link to fake site appearing like the news agency CNN.
Trend Micro claims that the video attached with the mail cannot be played. For playing the video, the user clicks on the link and a message pops up asking to install the ActiveX Object. Also, the ActiveX Object is harmful malware, which the Trend Micro identified as TSPY_BANCOS.JN. TSPY_BANCOS.JN. It matches to the BANCOS variants, an information stealer that monitors the browser of the attacked computer.
The security firm warns against clicking on the link. If the user clicks on the link, he or she starts installing the banking Trojan on to the system. Trend Micro said that the Trojan looks for the moment when the user access the bank related sites. When he uses access the site, it shows the login page of the online bank and steals the user's private details.
