"The scam is not new, but the fact that this time the perpetrators have given a genuine phone number, is unusual. Generally the scammers are aiming for personal or account information. These are then exploited to carry out other frauds or scams or even for money laundering actions. The latest spam wave is most probably a money laundering campaign. Therefore our advice is that in no circumstances must the emails be...

"Currently we are only finding these PDF-based attacks on red light websites. However bearing in mind their success, we expect, in the near future, to see other sites using corresponding PDFs as malware carriers," speculates Ralf Benmüller, Manager of G Data Security Labs.

The malware which is downloaded during the attack is also identified by G Data as Packer.Malware.NSAnti.h (EngineA) or...