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Monday 20 January 2014

WhatsApp "A friend of yours has just sent you a pic" spam

This fake WhatsApp spam has a malicious attachment:

Date:      Mon, 20 Jan 2014 06:23:28 -0500 [06:23:28 EST]
From:      WhatsApp [{messages@whatsapp.com}]
Subject:      A friend of yours has just sent you a pic

Hey!

Someone you know has just sent you a pic in WhatsApp. Open attachments to see what it is.

� 2013 WhatsApp Inc

Attached to the message is a an archive file IMG9900882.zip which in turn contains a malicious exectuable IMG9900882.exe which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 20/49. The Malwr analysis gives few clues as to what the malware does, other automated analysis tools are inconclusive.

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