FW: INVOICE- 1442049 maddi.cross at your own email domain – word doc malware

Last revised or Updated on: 25th February, 2016, 10:44 AMAn email with the subject of FW: INVOICE- 1442049 ( random numbers)  pretending to come from Maddi Cross <maddi.cross@ your own email domain>  with a malicious word doc or Excel XLS spreadsheet 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. So far every … Continue reading →