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Fake Invoice Notice Email - Contains Trojan, Ransomware

AlertThere's a new spam email going around asking for payment dates for an attached invoice. The PDF invoice contains a variety of viruses, malware and ransomware so please don't open it and you should delete the email upon receipt.

Double clicking on the attachment will result in the installation of the Gameover malware with the Necurs rootkit, as well as ransomware, an expert said, adding that the proper use of the English language in the body of the email makes the phish a bit tougher to spot.  

On the website belonging to the domain name owner, a message states that someone spoofed one of its email addresses from an outside source.

Read more at SC Magazine


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