Active Discount Transaction – 60126092105029/1 – Lloyds Bank plc – word doc malware

Last revised or Updated on: 26th February, 2016, 11:20 AMAn email with the subject of Active Discount Transaction –  60126092105029/1  pretending to come from Lloyds Bank plc <supplier.finance@lloydsbanking.com> with a malicious word doc attachment  is another one from the current bot runs which try to download various Trojans and password stealers especially banking Trojans like Dridex or Dyreza and ransomware like Locky, cryptolocker or Teslacrypt. They are using email addresses and subjects that will scare or entice a user to read the email and open the attachment. A very high proportion are being targeted at small and medium size businesses, with the hope of getting a better response than they do from consumers. The email looks like: From: Lloyds Bank plc <supplier.finance@lloydsbanking.com> Date: … Continue reading →