This is just the latest iteration of a scam from earlier this month where users were getting phished with a fake Chrome downloader. Meanwhile, the Pony downloader begins simultaneously stealing file transfer protocol related passwords from its host machine and phones home to a malicious domain hosting the fake Flash downloader. It appears as if the Pony downloader downloads the Zeus banking Trojan onto the now-infected system immediately after it is opened from the email attachment. ![]() The emails, according to a report from GFI Labs, are purporting to come from both the Better Business Bureau and eFax Corporate. Cybercriminals are perpetrating a spam campaign by sending out emails with malicious attachments containing a Pony downloader that uploads a Zeus Trojan to victim machines while also leading users to a number of compromised domains housing fake Adobe Flash Player updates in order to dupe the unsuspecting in to installing a variety of malware strains on their computers.
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