Government Gateway attack attempts to spread malware, with a little help from a body builder

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Government Gateway attack attempts to spread malware, with a little help from a body builder
By: Graham Cluley | comment : 0 | September 23, 2014 | Posted in: Industry News
If you live in the UK, chances are that you may find yourself using the Government Gateway website.
 



The Government Gateway website, which resides at http://www.gateway.gov.uk, is the central portal that British citizens can use for any number of government services.

Whether you’re filing your self assessment tax return, replacing your driving license, or allocating ear tags for sheep and goats (yes, really…) then the Government Gateway is the natural port of call for internet-savvy Brits.

Because of this, of course, users who receive an email from the Government Gateway tend to pay attention to it, and may feel duty bound to do what it says – certainly more so than an email coming from, say, an online bank where they don’t even have an account.

Online criminals have been known to take advantage of this, of course, and in recent days have launched a malicious spam campaign that has adopted the disguise of an official UK government communication.

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