PUNE: Symantec has observed that a recent malicious spam campaign focused on users in India. The emails contained a malicious attachment, detected as Spyware. Redpill, which is used by cyber criminals to steal confidential information. This includes credentials for social networking accounts, bank account details, emails written on compromised computers and screenshots.
A statement issued by Symantec said that upon opening the attached file, users receive an error message indicating that the file was corrupted. However, the malware is silently executed and has already begun to steal information, even as its malicious purpose remains hidden from the user. In the background, the malware installs itself on the compromised computer. It also creates a registry entry subsequent to which keystrokes are recorded and screenshots taken.
Spyware.Redpill is not new by any means. Symantec created a signature to protect users against it in 2008. In fact, Redpill was designed to collect information for people wishing to know if their partner had been cheating on them. "The stolen information is sent to an email account hardcoded into the programme. In our investigations we found details of the email account used by the attacker to receive the stolen data-for instance, it received over 12,000 emails in March 2013," said Abhijit Limaye, director, development, security response, Symantec.
"It is clear from this that the people behind this scheme are not looking for information on hundreds of cheating spouses, but are instead after valuable personal information and account details," he said.
The release said, "In order to avoid such an attack, we recommend that users do not open unknown attachments and make sure that best security practices are followed. Ensure that the most up-to-date software patches are in place, and use the latest technologies and virus definitions for the best protection against threats."
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