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Mytob worm picks up phishing trick

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Bob Gould:
The creators of recent Mytob worm variants have borrowed tricks from phishers to infect more computer users, security experts are warning.


The latest Mytob attacks send out an e-mail message that contains a fake URL pointing to a Web site that hosts the malicious worm code, security company Sophos said Wednesday. Previously, the worm propagated as an attachment in the message itself. Once the worm was downloaded, it installed a backdoor on a PC and used its own e-mail engine to forward itself to addresses gathered from the infected computer.

The messages sent out with recent Mytobs masquerade as legitimate e-mail from the recipient's IT department or Internet service provider. They include references to the recipient's domain name and e-mail address to add legitimacy. Recipients are told that a security problem has been found with their account and that they should click on the link to confirm the account.

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