Spachanel Trojan Uses Email Security to Serve Up Spam
Info Security Magazine, Tuesday, January 29, 2013 5:42 PM
Researchers at Symantec have noticed that the Sender Policy Framework (SPF), which is an email validation system designed to prevent email spam, is being used by a new trojan, dubbed Spachanel. Ironically, the bug is used to hijack a web browser to serve up spam pop-ups.
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