The Federal Trade Commission is warning businesses to be on the lookout for spam that contains a trojan-laden attachment claiming to be a legal complaint against recipient. The bogus emails appear to come from frauddep[at]ftc[dot] gov, a spoofed address, and contain the actual logo for the FTC in an attempt to establish legitimacy.

The text says that "a complaint has been filed against you and the company you’re affiliated with," a social engineering tactic used to dupe victims into opening the attachment. "Once you open the attachment, that’s when the virus is launched and that’s when they can start stealing your identifying information," David Torok, a director in the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, told SCMagazineUS.com today. FTC spam contains keylogging trojan - SC Magazine US

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