'Blue Screen of Death' Masks Spyware Invasion
Friday, July 11. 2008
Attack uses fake blue screen of death as cover to inject malware
A new attack imitates the dreaded blue screen of death as cover so it can silently install bundles of spyware onto the machine.
Researchers at FaceTime Security Labs say the attack uses a blue screen of death screensaver and bundles it with the spyware files. “Seems the bad guys are not without a sense of humor. Hiding a blizzard of infection file installs behind a legitimate screensaver created by a security expert is pretty bizarre,” blogged Chris Boyd, director of malware research at FaceTime Labs.
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