Spam email about Kim Jong-il's death leads to malware
By Gina on December 20, 2011 | Malware, Kim Jong-il death, spam email, malware, fake message
Since news of North Korean leader's Kim Jong-il death was announced, cybercriminals started use it for their malicious intentions. Usually they spread fake and malicious message which was done at this time as well.
Hackers designed spam email message which contains attached file within titled brief_introduction_of_kim-jong-il.pdf.pdf. Rogue email letter has a simple line of text announcing the death which is probably from the CNN web page.
If attachment is opened it shows non-malicious PDF file with a photo of Kim Jong-il and some information about him but the file hides real malicious activities on the computer while file is opened.
"Here at TrendLabs, the death of a globally known person has become an automatic trigger for us to look for attacks trying to taking advantage in order to protect our customers who are trying to look for more information. Such events generate global interest in a very short amount of time, so they make very good social engineering lures," according to researchers.
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