Ichitaro attacked again
Ichitaro attacked again. The cyber criminals to exploit the gaps that exist to steal the identities of its users. Ichitaro is a popular word processing program in Japan. The program ranks second after Microsoft Word in market share. The amount of Ichitaro make use of cyber criminals love to attack the hole in the application.
Cyber criminals sending a CV or resume in the form of documents Ichitaro. When the victim opened the file, the system will automatically download the three files were secretly dangerous. One file will open security holes in computers and connecting to a malicious website. From the website, the cyber criminals can download and access files remotely.
Ichitaro had been several times attacked. As in the year 2009, the cyber criminals managed to modify Ichitaro. Ichitaro will randomly create tmp files in Windows. Users who open the file it will find a file named beer80.exe. The exe file is not seen by the user. The program will create three additional files to open the back door or a computer system.
Although Symantec observed only one attack occurred this time, this becomes another example of how cyber criminals target people and deceive them to install malicious files on their computer.
According to the 2010 State of the Symantec Enterprise Security Report, enterprise-scale enterprise under attack many times and the security company so that the staff shortage situation becomes increasingly difficult. To stay protected from these attacks, corporate and enterprise computer users are advised to:
• Ensure operating system and applications updated with the latest patches
• Be careful and avoid opening suspicious e-mail attachments or attachments that are not expected.
• Using a complete security solution that protects against the various threats today, as well as an unknown threat

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