Cyber crooks have come up with a new way to infect your computer with financial and banking malware . The process starts by randomly sending Attack.Phishing users spam emails disguised as Attack.Phishing a payment confirmation email from Delta Air . The choice to mask the email as coming from Attack.Phishing an airline wasn ’ t random , since many this time of year is when many consumers purchase flight tickets at discounted rates for the summer . However , no transaction actually took place ! The email is designed to scare Attack.Phishing you into thinking someone bought an airplane ticket using your identity . You then panic and click on one of the links in the email in order to figure out how someone could do an unauthorized purchase with your credentials . The links then redirect you to several compromised websites , which host Word documents infected with the Hancitor malware . Hancitor is a versatile malware frequently used in phishing attacks Attack.Phishing that specializes initially infecting a PC , and then acting as a bridge for further malware downloads . If you download the malicious Word document and open it , then Hancitor will activate and infect legitimate system processes in your PC using a PowerShell code . Afterwards , your PC will connect to one or more malicious Command and Control ( C & C ) servers . These C & C servers will then download additional malware on your PC , which belong to the Pony family . Pony malware is specifically designed to steal Attack.Databreach sensitive information such as passwords and usernames from VPNs , web browsers , FTP , messaging apps and many more . On top of that , the C & C servers also download and spread another Pony-based malware called Zloader . Unlike Pony , Zloader is a banking malware designed to clean up Attack.Databreach your bank account and steal Attack.Databreach financial information . Once the information harvesting Attack.Databreach is complete , the malware connects to another set of C & C servers and sends them all of your credentials and financial information .