Supposedly clean Office documents download malware

Posted on 27.01.2015Bitdefender is warning Microsoft Office users against the emergence of a new spam campaign that is looking to trick antispam filters in order to allow spam to pass freely into mailboxes. The campaign’s success is elevated due to the attachment of what appears to be a ‘clean’ Microsoft document alongside the spam emails.

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“For a few days, cybercriminals have been sending targeted e-mails to management departments. The e-mails look like a tax return, a remittance or some kind of bill from a bank and carry a Microsoft Word or Excel attachment,” states Catalin Cosoi, Chief Security Strategist at Bitdefender. “If you’ve recently received an odd tax return or a similar request via email, you may not want to open the file.”  full article