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Terror alert spam detected by Symantec in the wild

  • 30 November 2015
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Jasper_The_Rasper
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November 30, 2015  By Pierluigi Paganini
 

Cybercriminals impersonate law enforcement officials in Dubai, Bahrain, Turkey, and Canada to send terror alert spam and serve RATs.

 
No Doubts, cyber criminals are jackals always ready to exploit any event in the headlines, even the most dramatic incidents. We have assisted in the past many cases in which crooks exploited the media attention on news events, such as the mysterious skyjacking of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 or the incident occurred at the AirAsia flight QZ8501.
 
News of the day is that people from several countries, including Canada, Dubai, Bahrain and Turkey, have received fake “terror alert” emails. According to Symantec, the bogus notifications advise recipients reading the mail to keep them and their families and company secured from an imminent attack.
 
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edwin_eekelaers
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You have to be really unconcentrated to fall for that one. For me if it's not coming from any reputable source i'm shift deleting it
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These scum bags are the lowest form of humanity. Terror attacks are at the top of the countries security list and these cyber criminals are fueling the fire.

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