Virus Dridex

published by Yildun Cloud Backup 2014-12-24
topic: Viruses

This new malware has been discovered by Trend Micro. It spreads via spam by attaching a Word document that looks like being invoices or accounting documents, and actually contain malicious macros. Its aim is to steal personal information, mainly banking data.

When you open the document, it will ask for the activation of macros in order to view the content . At this point is where the user, through social engineering, can be deceived to enable the macros to visualize the document, but it is at this moment when the malware will be downloaded.

Dridex monitors the actions carried out with banks (Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Bank, Danske Bank, Barclays, Kasikorn Bank and Santander), when you access the theft of the information is realized.