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New Malware Attacks Windows Zero-Day Vulnerability



By CIOinsight


Sophos security researchers say the vulnerability at the center of the attacks is due to the way Windows parses .LNK shortcut files. More specifically, the Windows Shell component fails to correctly validate specific parameters of the shortcut.

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According to Sophos blog July 23, two other pieces of malware have been observed targeting the bug. One is a keylogging Trojan the company is calling Chymin-A that is "designed to steal information from infected computers." The other is Dulkis-A, a "worm written in obfuscated Visual Basic" that contains several subcomponents.


To read the original eWeek article, click here: Windows Vulnerability Targeted by More Malware

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