Variant of Upatre Malware Dropper Seen in Bank Emails

  • 30 September 2014
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By Ionut Ilascu on September 30th, 2014 A fresh sample of the Upatre malware downloader is currently distributed via emails claiming to be from different banks.
The messages come with a link purporting to point to a document from the financial institution but which leads to a version of the Upatre malware, used by cybercriminals to funnel in threats with specific purposes.

The campaign spreads emails with a different message in the body, but they all lead to the same file, posing as a bank account document or payment advice information. http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/fitted/340x180/Variant-of-Upatre-Malware-Dropper-Seen-In-Bank-Emails.jpgSample of email pointing to malicious download Full Article

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This variant is dangerous everyone should be on the alert and careful when clicking on links especially from ones bank.

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