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As the shopping sprees become increasingly frenetic during holiday season, it’s hard not to worry about how much credit card debt we’re piling. Some of us rely on email notifications from our banks to track the damage to our finances. So what happens when we suddenly get notified about charges for things we never bought?…

Microsoft Security

January 23, 2017 admin

JavaScript-toting spam emails: What should you know and how to avoid them?

We have recently observed that spam campaigns are now using JavaScript attachments aside from Office files. The purpose of the code is straightforward. It downloads and runs other malware. Some of the JavaScript downloaders that we’ve seen are: TrojanDownloader:JS/Swabfex TrojanDownloader:JS/Nemucod TrojanDownloader:JS/Locky The same JavaScript downloaders are also responsible for spreading the following ransomware: Ransom:Win32/Tescrypt Ransom:Win32/Locky…