Cybercriminals are using a new information-stealing malware program to target companies from the automobile industry in Europe, security researchers warned.
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The attack campaign started in early August and primarily targeted rental, insurance, transport and secondary market businesses for commercial and agricultural vehicles, according to a new report by researchers from antivirus vendor Symantec.
The attackers distributed their malware program through spear-phishing emails claiming to originate from a company called Technik Automobile that was seeking to acquire used and pre-owned vehicles. The emails contained an attachment called TechnikAutomobileGMBH.pdf.zip that was supposedly a list of vehicles, but in fact contained an installer for a Trojan program called Carbon Grabber.
"The malicious file will decrypt another executable from its body and inject code into Microsoft Outlook, Internet Explorer, Google