Remittance Adivce – word doc macro malware leads to #Dridex

Last revised or Updated on: 17th March, 2016, 9:32 AMAn email with the subject of Remittance Adivce  pretending to come from random names and email addresses  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. The name of the alleged sender matches the name … Continue reading →