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Malware Spreading Via ... Windshield Fliers?

Posted by timothy on from the right-at-home-with-the-bug-guts dept.

wiedzmin writes "Another interesting article published by the SANS ISC Handler's Diary is describing a very unusual vector for malware distribution — windshield fliers and fake parking tickets. A website URL provided for "disputing a ticket" actually leads to a malicious website, and a "toolbar" required to find the photo of your violation is, you guessed it, a trojan posing as a fake antivirus. The best part is — according to the VirusTotal report, it doesn't look like most antiviruses have signatures for this one yet."

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  1. Re:A virus I'd actually fall for by Guiness17 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Agreed, I could've fallen for this myself. I got a ticket about a year ago in a city I didn't live in, and lo and behold, it had a website on it for paying online. Ticket looked official, but on second thought, I couldn't be sure, having never seen one from that city before. I blindly typed in the URL... I'd like to believe I would have picked off a phishing scam, but still, I took the first step.

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  2. Re:Clever idea... by Zerth · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Sure, some security testing firms have already added "leave trojaned USB sticks in the parking lot" to their list of tests.

    Slap these on cars before lunch, everyone who goes out to lunch will probably check the url when they get back on their work computer.