{"id":12352,"date":"2022-04-09T16:29:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T16:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myonlinesecurity.co.uk\/?p=12352"},"modified":"2022-04-09T16:29:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T16:29:57","slug":"barclays-important-update-read-carefully-fake-pdf-malware","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/myonlinesecurity.co.uk\/barclays-important-update-read-carefully-fake-pdf-malware-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Barclays \u2013 Important Update, Read Carefully! \u2013 Fake PDF Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"
Barclays \u2013 Important Update, read carefully! pretending to come from Barclays Online Bank <security-update@Barclays.co.uk>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 are using 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
Almost all of these also 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
All the alleged senders, companies, names of employees and phone numbers mentioned in the emails are all innocent and are just picked at 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. 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.<\/p>\n
Please 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>\n Update 22 April 2015: a new run of these today<\/p>\n The wording in this email is identical to a typical phishing email.<\/p>\n Dear Customer,<\/p>\n Protecting the privacy of your online banking access and personal information are our primary concern.<\/p>\n During the last complains because of online fraud we were forced to upgrade our security measures.<\/p>\n We believe that Invention of security measures is the best way to beat online fraud.<\/p>\n Barclays Bank have employed some industrial leading models to start performing an extra security check with Your Online Banking Activities to ensure a safe and secure Online and Mobile Banking.<\/p>\n For security reasons we attached the Update Form to this e-mail.<\/p>\n You are requested to follow the provided steps and Update Your Online Banking details, for the safety of Your Accounts.<\/p>\n \u2013 Please download and complete the form with the requested details.<\/p>\n \u2013 Fill in all required fields with your accurately details (otherwise will lead to service suspension)<\/p>\n Warning: If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporary hold on your funds.<\/p>\n Thank you for your patience as we work together to protect your account.<\/p>\n Please update your records on or before 48 hours, a failure to update your records will result in a temporary hold on your funds.<\/p>\n Sincerely,<\/p>\n Barclays Online Bank Customer Service<\/p>\n We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.<\/p>\n (c) Copyright 2015 Barclays Bank Plc. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n or<\/p>\n Unable to complete your most recent Transaction.<\/p>\n Currently your transaction has a pending status.<\/p>\n If the transaction was made by mistake please contact our customer service.<\/p>\n For more details please download payment receipt below:<\/p>\n Barclays is a trading name of Barclays Bank PLC and its subsidiaries. Barclays Bank PLC<\/p>\n is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial<\/p>\n Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority (Financial Services Register<\/p>\n No. 122702). Registered in England. Registered Number is 1026167 with registered<\/p>\n office at 1 Churchill Place, London E14 5HP.<\/p>\n 6 April 2015: Form.zip: Extracts to: Form.scr Current Virus total detections: 2\/56<\/p>\n 22 April 2015: Form.zip: Extracts to: Form.exe Current Virus total detections: 4\/51<\/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