Myanmar Crisis Exploited to Spread Trojan
29 Sep, 2007, 5:44 pm IST | by
Sharon Khare
| 
|
Hackers are shamelessly exploiting the crisis in Myanmar to spread a Trojan horse via an email that links to the Dalai Lama's genuine website with a malicious attachment. Taking advantage of international concern regarding the daily demonstrations in Burma, IT security and control firm Sophos has cautioned computer users to be wary of a malicious email claiming to be a message of support for monks and other protesters in Burma from the Dalai Lama. This however carries a malicious attack designed to infect the recipient's PC. The email reads as follows: Dear Friends & Colleagues, Please find enclosed a massage from His Holiness the Dalai Lama in support of the recent pro-democracy demonstrations taking place in Burma. This is for your information and can be distributed as you see fit. Best wishes. Tenzin Taklha Joint Secretary Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama When users open the attached document (filename: hhdl burma_001.doc), it attempts to exploit a Word vulnerability which in turn tries to drop a Trojan horse onto the victim's PC. Sophos experts note that to add even more credibility to the message and to encourage a greater number of victims to open the attachment, a link to official website of the Dalai Lama was included. "The Burmese regime is said to have tried to stop news from coming out of the country by shutting down internet cafes and controlling computer users' access to the net. People around the world are hungry to hear about the latest situation in the country and support the pro-democracy movement, and may be tempted to read this so-called letter from the Dalai Lama," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos. "Using topical news stories to trick unwary computer users into opening and downloading malicious code is one of the oldest tricks in the book, but it's obviously still working or the hackers wouldn't waste their time on it. We should all use our common sense and question the legitimacy of emails sent out of the blue." |
Mixx
Facebook
Twitter
Digg
delicious
reddit
MySpace
StumbleUpon
LinkedIn
Windows 8 likely to support Adobe Flash
About eight months back, when Microsoft introduced its Windows 8 Metro UI, it was almost clear that the company’s Metro version........
Dell Latitude 10, first Windows 8 tablet shows up
Microsoft's programme to incubate 10 Indian start-ups in cloud computing
Giant radio telescope gets split location
Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF201 Review
Top 5 potential Gmail alternatives
Yahoo! Axis reportedly slowing down IE9
The latest "should they-shouldn't they" event with Facebook is the lift of the minimu...
Leaked Images, Availability, Pricing,
Specs, Pre-order
Top 5 free all-in-one messengers for Windows
The number of instant messaging services have exploded, since the first...
Project Darpan: Digitizing Indian local languages
Compared to the relatively slow adoption rate of the traditional PC, that...
Top 10 tips for Internet Explorer 9
Microsoft’s browser Internet Explorer has been around a while and things
By Tech2
No major software updates to come Symbian's way
Kaushik Iyer
Sat May 26, 14:53:52
Nokia PureLamda running WP 8.0 pops up on WP Bench app
Tushar Bhaware
Sat May 26, 14:35:15
Facebook rumoured to buy Opera and launch browser
Dinny Peter
Sat May 26, 14:14:11
_011517074205_160x90.jpg "Epson Stylus Photo R3000")
Sony to roll-out ICS update next week,...
BlackBerry Curve 9320 announced in India...
Dell Latitude 10, first Windows 8 tablet...
Google Nexus tablet to be unveiled at...
About Us | Site Profile | Tech2 Team | IBNLive News | IBNLive Hindi News | Cricket News | Indian Stock Market | Policy | T & C
Copyright © 2011, Tech2.com India - A Network 18 India Venture
