Cybercriminals are currently spamvertising millions of emails, impersonating Vodafone Europe, in an attempt to trick their customers into executing the malicious file attachment found in the email.
More details:
Sample screenshot of the spamvertised email:
Detection rate: Vodafone_Account_Balance.pdf.exe – MD5: 8601ece8b0c79ec3d4396f07319bbff1 – detected by 36 out of 42 antivirus scanners as Trojan-Ransom.Win32.PornoAsset.xen; Worm:Win32/Gamarue.F
Webroot SecureAnywhere users are proactively protected from this threat.
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