Recently, there has been a proliferation of various scams that attempt to extort sensitive data and money from the victim. These are typical phishing campaigns in which criminals – impersonating well-known companies or institutions – encourage the victim to leave such data on specially crafted websites.
Scammers encourage you to “send an offer”. Malware inside
This time the fraud scheme is slightly different. Cybercriminals send e-mails with “requests for offers” to random people. The content encourages you to open the attachment. “Good morning, as indicated below, please send us a quote for this order,” the email reads. Below is an attachment resembling a document in pdf format.
As the CERT Polska team that detected the fraud attempt writes, the attachment actually contains GuLoader malware. It is a small program used to download subsequent malicious applications to the victim’s computer and is also one of the most frequently detected cyber threats in Poland.
We warn you, a dangerous e-mail campaign is underway. Scammers ask you to send an offer for an order allegedly included in the attachment. In fact, the GuLoader malware resides there. You can report such messages using https://incydent.cert.pl
– writes the CERT Polska team.
When receiving any message (e-mail or SMS) from a stranger, we should be vigilant and not automatically click on links and attachments contained therein. They may contain malware. You should also not provide any data (especially passwords) on websites to which links contained in SMS messages lead. We wrote more about how not to fall for phishing scams: in this place:
Source: Gazeta
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