Hackers Are Using MailChimp to Spread Malware

By Joseph Cox 23rd November 2016
 
You probably know MailChimp either as an email newsletter service, or the company that seems to have adverts on every single podcast you've ever listened to. Hackers recently jumped on that popularity, and managed to send out emails containing malicious links to subscribers of various different companies.
 
The incident shows that hackers will likely use whatever distribution channels they can in an attempt to spread their malware and turn a profit.
 
“Here's your invoice! We appreciate your prompt payment,” one email sent by news site Business News Australia reads, and claims to be affiliated with accounting software Quickbooks.
 
Troy Hunt, an Australian security researcher and owner of breach notification site Have I Been Pwned?, sent Motherboard a copy of the email that he had received from a source. According to the email, it was sent by an administrator account at the news website.
 
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