Last December, Anonymous Hackers hacked into the website belong to Strategic Forecasting, Inc(STRATFOR) ,they defaced the website and leaked the database that contains information of their private customers.
Following this incident, Stratfor clients began to receive spam mails that purportedly being sent by Stratfor CEO George Friedman, asking them to fill out an attached document with personal information.
The spam mail contains an attachement named "stratfor.pdf" . The pdf file displays the following content, with a reference to using security software to scan for the fictional "Win32Azee virus":
The link displayed in the email may look like a legitimate but looking closely will reveal the truth. " Stratfor is based in Texas, United States however the download URL is located somewhere in Turkey. A sample of another PDF file contained a download link for yet another compromised site, this time in Poland."Says Microsoft.
Clicking the link will download a win32/Zbot virus and Micorsoft detect it as PWS:Win32/Zbot.gen!R.
Following this incident, Stratfor clients began to receive spam mails that purportedly being sent by Stratfor CEO George Friedman, asking them to fill out an attached document with personal information.
The spam mail contains an attachement named "stratfor.pdf" . The pdf file displays the following content, with a reference to using security software to scan for the fictional "Win32Azee virus":
The link displayed in the email may look like a legitimate but looking closely will reveal the truth. " Stratfor is based in Texas, United States however the download URL is located somewhere in Turkey. A sample of another PDF file contained a download link for yet another compromised site, this time in Poland."Says Microsoft.
Clicking the link will download a win32/Zbot virus and Micorsoft detect it as PWS:Win32/Zbot.gen!R.
