Security News > 2020 > May > Beware of emails with “horrible charts” about Covid-19

Microsoft is warning of a coronavirus themed malware distribution campaign with a bit of a twist.

We're tracking a massive campaign that delivers the legitimate remote access tool NetSupport Manager using emails with attachments containing malicious Excel 4.0 macros.

Along with the pure-play malware part, says Microsoft, the booby-trapped spreadsheet also installs components from a legitimate remote support software product called NetSupport Manager.

The good news is that this malspam campaign can't install and activate the malware unless you help it along.

So look for an anti-virus program that can eliminate both known and unknown malware samples, that includes web filtering to block rogue downloads, and that has behavioural features that can detect suspicious activities such as the right sort of software being installed in the wrong sort of way.

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https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/05/20/beware-of-emails-with-horrible-charts-about-covid-19/