{"id":12601,"date":"2022-04-07T12:15:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T12:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myonlinesecurity.co.uk\/?p=12601"},"modified":"2023-03-31T13:36:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T13:36:17","slug":"danske-bank-potentially-fraudulent-transaction-fake-pdf-malware","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/myonlinesecurity.co.uk\/danske-bank-potentially-fraudulent-transaction-fake-pdf-malware-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Danske Bank \u2013 Potentially Fraudulent Transaction \u2013 Fake PDF Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"
Danske Bank \u2013 Potentially fraudulent transaction pretending to come from Dee Hicks \u2013 Danske Bank <Dee.Hicks@danskebank.com> 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/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.<\/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 This follows on from earlier attempts this week using mainly fake banking alerts to spread the new cryptolocker\/cryptowall ransom malware. MyFax Fax #5717718 \u2013 fake PDF malware | National Bank of Canada Notice of payment \u2013 fake PDF malware | Barclays \u2013 Important Update, read carefully! \u2013 fake PDF malware<\/a><\/p>\n The email looks like:<\/p>\n We are contacting you regarding a potentially fraudulent transaction on your account.<\/p>\n Please check attached file for more information about this specific transaction.<\/p>\n Dee Hicks<\/p>\n Senior Account Executive<\/p>\n Danske Bank<\/p>\n Dee.Hicks@danskebank.com<\/p>\n Tel. +45 33 44 46 77<\/p>\n CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: The contents of this message, including any attachments, are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the person or entity to whom the message was addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please be advised that any dissemination, distribution, or use of the contents of this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender. Please also permanently delete all copies of the original message and any attached documentation. Thank you.<\/p>\n 23 January 2021 : bank_notice2301.zip ( 12kb) : Extracts to: bank_notice2301.scr Current Virus total detections: 8\/55<\/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