Symantec researchers report that hackers are tricking victims into opening malicious attachments by sending e-mails claiming to be coming from office printers, many of which are now able to e-mail scanned documents.

"The emails invariably contain some kind of Trojan downloader, which can be used to download other malware or steal documents from the computer," writes Computerworld's Jeremy Kirk.

"The emails at first glance look quite convincing, with a subject line 'Fwd: Scan from a HP Officejet,'" Kirk writes. "The email reads 'Attached document was scanned and sent to you using a Hewlett-Packard HP Officejet 05701J' and then 'Sent by Morton.'"

Go to "Scammers pretending to be friendly office printers" to read the details.

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