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Caution! False email with sender on Amazon contains Keylogger

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His customers Amazon.co.uk are the target of cybercriminals who send malicious emails. The messages try to deceive the recipients by providing supposed information related to their order. To make the email credible, the subject line includes the shipment number as well as its insignia Amazon. Cheats have sent so far more than 600.000 malicious messages.

Researchers at AppRiver, which specializes in email and web protection, detected the malicious activity at the end of October and have since managed to block more than 600.000 malicious emails. Troy Gill, senior security analyst, of s, states that "the messages include a Word document with malware". It is a keylogger that intercepts information related to bank accounts and personal data of users.

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Σύμφωνα με τον Gill, μια άλλη ομάδα εγκληματιών του κυβερνοχώρου έχει εστιάσει στους πελάτες του Amazon Αμερικής. Η εταιρεία εντόπισε περισσότερα από 160.000 κακόβουλα μηνύματα σε αυτή την περίπτωση. Αν και υπάρχουν κάποιες διαφορές στο περιεχόμενο του e-mail, η μέθοδος και ο τελικός στόχος είναι ο ίδιος: Εγκατάσταση κακόβουλου λογισμικού και υποκλοπή δεδομένων.Για να γίνει πιστευτό το email οι απατεώνες χρησιμοποιούν το επίσημο λογότυπο και χαρακτηριστικά της Amazon, ενώ το δέλεαρ στη γραμμή θέματος είναι ένα επιβεβαίωσης της παραγγελίας. “Αντί για επισυναπτόμενο , these messages use links to infected WordPress websites. Clicking on these links will start downloading a .scr file called: invoice1104.pdf [dot] SCR.

Users are advised to be especially careful with the messages they receive. If you are unsure of the authenticity of the message, avoid opening attachments or following links contained in emails

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