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 they discovered too many fake protest websites that take advantage of this particular 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 the US president himself Barack Obama.
A similar report advertised via malicious emails promises users a chance to win a giveawaycard of Amazon if they sign the fake protest.
In most cases, cybercriminals create fake protests with headlines like: “Stop the war on Syria” or “No War on Syria” and only ask for names and email addresses. However, this information is more than enough to start the mass Mission κακόβουλων emails για την διαφήμιση διαφόρων προϊόντων και υπηρεσιών. Καμιά φορά βέβαια προσπαθούν να ξεγελάσουν τους χρήστες για να εγκαταστήσουν malicious software.
Experts advise to always be careful when asking for your personal information and "signatures" online (and not only).
