Invoice FEB-51829253 – word doc or excel xls spreadsheet malware

Last revised or Updated on: 19th February, 2016, 1:51 PMAn email with the subject of  Invoice FEB-51829253 ( random numbers) pretending to come from  random names and email addresses 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 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 name of the alleged sender matches the name of the Accounting … Continue reading →