For new Spam, Malwarebytes warns.
Spammers use the recent news that states that the USA εξοπλίζουν τους αντάρτες της Συρίας, προκειμένου να ξεγελάσουν τους χρήστες του Διαδικτύου για να τους δώσουν τα προσωπικά τους data.
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 they discovered too many fakes websites protest that take advantage of the specific event. In one example, the originator of the malicious protest claims that the digital "signatures" collected will be delivered to the US House of Representatives, the Senate and US President Barack Obama himself.
A similar report advertised via malicious emails promises users a chance to win a gift card of Amazon if they sign the fake 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).
