Spam campaign targets financial institutions with fake security software

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Mar 13, 2017 / in Uncategorized
Emails claim to be from HSBC and ask recipients to install fake Rapport security software.

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Last month, Symantec detected a spam campaign mainly targeting financial institutions, which used social engineering to try trick victims into installing “virus detection software” that was in fact an information stealing Trojan (W32.Difobot).

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Fake HSBC emails try to trick victims into installing fake Rapport security software

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Source: Symantec