According to a report from AppRiver [PDF file], a spam campaign launched last month promised information on the iPhone 5 but led instead to a Trojan.

"The advertisement has links to a malicious web page that hosts a file named iphone5.gif.exe," Infosecurity reports. "The file infects the users' PCs and creates a backdoor to the machine, the report found."

"'The spam went out right before Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference, so it could snag a few people,' Fred Touchette, senior security analyst with AppRiver, told Infosecurity," the article states.

Go to "Spam campaign hypes the 'iPhone 5' but delivers malware" to read the details.

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