News Add This to the List of 'New' Malware Types You Need to Look Out For: Snail Mail

Perhaps looking for new malware types, attackers from China are apparently going after state and local governments in the United States the old-fashioned way: with malware-laden CDs sent through the mail.

According to reports, the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), an organization created to help improve the security posture of U.S. governmental agencies--including state, local and tribal governments--issued a non-public alert warning of the scam. Some state governmental agencies reported last month receiving mail from China containing letters that seemed to be written by someone with a lack of command of the English language and a CD.

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