{"id":10476,"date":"2022-03-01T00:36:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T00:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nftsgary.com\/?p=604"},"modified":"2022-03-01T00:36:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T00:36:50","slug":"message-from-mp2541-fake-pdf-malware","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/myonlinesecurity.co.uk\/message-from-mp2541-fake-pdf-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"Message From \u201cMP2541\u201d \u2013 Fake PDF Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"
An email with the subject of Message from \u201cMP2541\u201d ( random numbers) pretending to come from DoNotReply@b( your own email domain) with a zip attachment is another one from the current bot runs which try to download various Trojans and password stealers especially banking credential stealers, which may include cridex, dridex, dyreza and various Zbots, cryptolocker, ransomware and loads of other malware on your computer. They use email addresses and subjects that will entice a user to read the email and open the attachment. A very high proportion are being targeted at small and medium size businesses, with the hope of getting a better response than they do from consumers.<\/p>\n
The content of the email\u00a0says :<\/p>\n
This E-mail was sent from \u201cMP2541\u201d (MP 2541).<\/em>
\nScan Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2021 10:33:34 GMT<\/em>
\nQueries to:\u00a0DoNotReply@bthespykiller.co.uk<\/u><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nThese malicious attachments normally have a password stealing component, with the aim of stealing your bank, PayPal or other financial details along with your email or FTP ( web space) log in credentials. Many of them are also designed to specifically steal your Facebook and other social network log in details.<\/p>\n
None of the companies that seem to be sending these emails have been hacked or had their email or other servers compromised. They are not sending the emails to you. They are just innocent victims in exactly the same way as every recipient of these emails.<\/p>\n
All the alleged senders, amounts, reference numbers, Bank codes, companies, names of employees, employee positions, email addresses and phone numbers mentioned in the emails are all random. Some of these companies will exist and some won\u2019t. Don\u2019t try to respond by phone or email, all you will do is end up with an innocent person or company who have had their details spoofed and picked at random from a long list that the bad guys have previously found.<\/p>\n
The bad guys choose companies, Government departments and organisations with subjects that are designed to entice you or alarm you into blindly opening the attachment or clicking the link in the email to see what is happening.
\nPlease read our How to protect yourselves page<\/a> for simple, sensible advice on how to avoid being infected by this sort of socially engineered malware.<\/p>\n9 September 2015: omp cheque.zip: Extracts to: omp cheque.scr Current Virus total detections<\/a>:<\/p>\n
This is another one of the spoofed icon files that unless you have \u201cshow known file extensions enabled<\/a>\u201c, will look like a proper PDF file instead of the .exe file it really is, so making it much more likely for you to accidentally open it and be infected.<\/p>\n