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Malware attack targets German internet users | Naked Security

by Graham Cluley on July 26, 2012

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Do you remember the spammed-out malware attack which appeared to be targeting French speakers last week with its offer of très sexy photos from a Gallic admirer?

Well, now it seems that German internet users are in the targets of cybercriminals.

A malware campaign has been sent out, seemingly just to email addresses ending in ".de", claiming that photos of the recipient can be found in the attached file.

Those with a curious disposition might find it hard to resist clicking on the attachment to find out more.

Here are just a small selection of the examples we have intercepted in our spam traps:

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Subject: Fwd: Deine Fotos

Message body:

Hi,

deine Fotos findest du im Anhang (Internet Explorer format)

MfG,

[NAME]

You'll notice that the emails have forged "from:" addresses. Presumably the masterminds of the malware campaign are hoping that some users might be more likely to open emails that pretend to come from LinkedIn..

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.. or Habbo Hotel.

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Attached to each of the emails is a file, called DCIM.htm, which is detected by Sophos products as Troj/Redir-P.

The file (which users are encouraged by the email to open using Internet Explorer) attempts to contact a Russian website known to contain malware.

Remember to always be suspicious of unsolicited messages, even if they arrive in your native language.

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