According to security researchers, a malicious e-mail asserting as message from Telstra the telecom major in Australia lures recipients in such a way that they may view a given attachment actually containing malware, thus reported softpedia.com dated January 28, 2015.
Any person without even subscribing to Telstra's business broadband may possibly become tempted towards glancing at the attached file that's really one Program Information File (PIF) in the guise of a PDF file.
The PIF is a kind of data traditionally related to malware, however, currently it isn't utilized often; possibly it's making a comeback.
Malware-laced e-mail scams employ easy to believe social engineering tactics for making recipients panicky so they would view a given attachment that plants malicious software. In the current case, e-mail recipients mistakenly believe that there's about to occur a cancellation of their broadband subscription, so they hurriedly click on the attachment. - See more at: http://www.spamfighter.com/News-19446-E-mail-Containing-Malware-Target-Telstra-Customers.htm
Any person without even subscribing to Telstra's business broadband may possibly become tempted towards glancing at the attached file that's really one Program Information File (PIF) in the guise of a PDF file.
The PIF is a kind of data traditionally related to malware, however, currently it isn't utilized often; possibly it's making a comeback.
Malware-laced e-mail scams employ easy to believe social engineering tactics for making recipients panicky so they would view a given attachment that plants malicious software. In the current case, e-mail recipients mistakenly believe that there's about to occur a cancellation of their broadband subscription, so they hurriedly click on the attachment. - See more at: http://www.spamfighter.com/News-19446-E-mail-Containing-Malware-Target-Telstra-Customers.htm
