DVSA RECEIPT – word doc malware

Last revised or Updated on: 12th February, 2016, 11:38 AMAn email pretending to be a fixed penalty ticket with the subject of DVSA RECEIPT pretending to come from Nicholas.Davies.43@vosa.gsi.gov.uk; on behalf of; FPO.CC.44@vosa.gsi.gov.uk 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 email looks like: From: Nicholas.Davies.43@vosa.gsi.gov.uk; on behalf … Continue reading →