Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Valentine’s Day spam

Kaspersky Lab has detected a large-scale, global mass mailing of Valentine’s Day spam. The spam was first identified by Kaspersky Lab on the morning of February 12, and as of the morning of February 13, the number of spam messages of this type have still not decreased. The message currently accounts for about 5-percent of all mail traffic checked by Kaspersky Hosted Security Services.

The text of the message asks recipients to click on a link to view a selection of Valentine’s Day “e-cards.” However, clicking on the link simultaneously downloads the malicious file Packed.Win32.Tibs.ic. As the holiday draws near, Kaspersky predicts that the peak in Valentine’s Day spam is still to come.

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