Vodafone MMS email spam spreads malware

Do you own a mobile phone?

Is your mobile phone on the Vodafone cellphone network?

If so, you could be a prime target for infection by a new malware attack that has been distributed widely via email across the internet.

The attack, which SophosLabs has intercepted in its global network of email spam traps, poses as a notification about a MMS message that has purportedly sent to the recipient’s mobile phone.

Here’s what a typical email looks like…

Read more in my article on the Naked Security website.

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