posted on Friday, June 25, 2004 11:04 AM
by
demiliani
A Spamming attack...
There's a new type of virus discovered in these days that seems to be more dangerous than what initially seems.
The virus uses a novel vector (code in web pages that seems to be an Internet Explorer vulnerability) and when visitors request a web page that includes the malicious graphics, the code automatically downloads itself onto their machines. Once installed, the code unpacks itself, loads a keystroke logger on the PC, forces the machine to contact two IP addresses (located in Russia and in the United States and then downloads some other files to the compromised machine (expecially spamming as the first infections seems to demonstrate).
Spamming atacks are always more sophisticated... 