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Sick malware authors exploit Boston Marathon bombing with Trojan attack

Cybercriminals have exploited interest in the Boston Marathon bombings by sending malicious emails. The emails claim to contain a link to video footage of Monday’s terrorist activity in Boston, with subject lines such as 2 Explosions at Boston Marathon If you click on the link, you are taken to a website which attempts to infect your computer with a Windows Trojan horse that Sophos products detect as Troj/Tepfer-Q. The malware makes changes to the Registry and installs the following files, allowing hackers to gain remote access to infected computers.”]

Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/04/17/malware-boston-marathon-bombing/

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