For new Spam, Malwarebytes warns.
Spammers use the latest news that the US equips Syria's guerrillas to trick Internet users to give them their personal details.
In the meantime, there are many reports on the United States' involvement in Syrian conflict. The Spammers in turn, exploiting the event have created fake protest reports in an effort to collect names, e-mail addresses and other information they can later use in their malicious campaigns.
Experts from Malwarebytes have discovered too many fake protest websites exploiting this fact. In one example, the instigator of the malicious protest claims that the digital "signatures" that will be collected will be handed over to the US House of Representatives, the Senate and US President Barack Obama himself.
A similar report advertised through malicious emails promises users that they will have the opportunity to win an Amazon gift card if they sign the false protest.
In most cases, cyber criminals who create fake protests like: "Stop the war in Syria" or "No War on Syria" only ask for names and email addresses. However, this information is more than enough to start sending malicious emails in bulk to advertise various products and services. Sometimes they try to trick users into installing malware.
Experts advise to always be careful when asking for your personal information and "signatures" online (and not only).
George is still wondering what he is doing here….
