PCWorld: Malicious E-mail Attachments On The Increase
Defenses against the types of attacks that are becoming more prevalent include better filtering at the gateway and disabling Javascript.
“Spammers have suddenly cranked up the use of malicious HTML file attachments in recent days, according to security company Barracuda Networks.
Using a number of search engine optimization-driven subject lines, the latest campaign tries to get recipients to click on “harmless” HTML attachments which launches an obfuscated Javascript attack that sends users to a variety of websites peddling everything from bogus CODECS to pharmacy.”