Concealed in a message, which was detected by Kaspersky Lab, da bait alleged WhatsApp service installation CPU.
The message spreads via email and is intended to download a Trojan virus on the computer of his victims to steal information and money.
The spam message is written in Portuguese, tells his victim that WhatsApp is now available for PC and the user already has pending invitations from friends in your account. When the victim clicks on the link, this is directed to a server in Turkey and then is redirected to the service cloud-based Hightail to download the original Trojan.
"The malware comes from a server in Brazil and has the ability to steal money from victims of the country as others in the region. The banking Trojan virus is installed as a mp3 file icon, which is familiar to most users, which increases the likelihood that they click on it, especially seeing that file is only 2.5Mb, "said Dmitry Bestuzhev, director of Research and Analysis Team for Kaspersky Lab United States.
As the Trojan virus is operational, it is reported to the console stats infection cybercriminals and when opened, the local portal 1157 sends stolen information in the format of Oracle database. As if this were not enough, the site also installs new malware to systems of its victims.
Kaspersky Lab recommends that users of WhatsApp or any other instant messaging program to be cautious and that their equipment is kept safe:
- Install and maintain the security solution
- Keep updated operating system
- Update all third-party applications
- Use a secure browser to access the Internet
- Use strong passwords containing letters, numbers and symbols (? #!., Etc ...) and are different for each site or resource
- Using common sens
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