HR departments targeted

Job search-related malware outbreak hits HR departments, says latest Websense report.

According to the company the spam is designed to target the inboxes of HR employees in an effort to infect their computers. It asks them to review a CV without stating what position the application is for.

Some attachments are disguised as picture files which might further catch the recipients off-guard and make them open the attachment says Websense who says that it saw over 230,000 samples in four hours last week.

Carl Leonard, Websense Security Research Manager, said, “HR departments are used to receiving CV's over email and this kind of malicious activity is indicative of the modern day hacker. The Broad-brush approach to seeding malware is now out of favour; fraudsters know they can infect more computers, and steal more data, if they use techniques that fit the target.”