{"id":13211,"date":"2022-04-11T11:31:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T11:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myonlinesecurity.co.uk\/?p=13211"},"modified":"2023-04-03T13:06:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T13:06:07","slug":"gre-project-accounting-jpmorgan-chase-ach-bank-account-information-form-fake-pdf-malware","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/myonlinesecurity.co.uk\/gre-project-accounting-jpmorgan-chase-ach-bank-account-information-form-fake-pdf-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"GRE Project Accounting \u2013 JPMorgan Chase \u2013 ACH \u2013 Bank Account Information Form \u2013 Fake PDF Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"
ACH \u2013 Bank account information form pretending to come from random names at jpmchase.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 a20nd 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
The name of the alleged sender matches the name of the Vendor Management & Bid\/Supervisor at JPMorgan Chase<\/p>\n
Update 15 December 2021:<\/strong> another run of these today<\/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 The email looks like:<\/p>\n Please fill out and return the attached ACH form along with a copy of a voided check.<\/p>\n Jules Hebert,<\/p>\n JPMorgan Chase<\/p>\n GRE Project Accounting<\/p>\n Vendor Management & Bid\/Supervisor<\/p>\n Fax-602-221-2251<\/p>\n Jules.Hebert@jpmchase.com<\/p>\n GRE Project Accounting<\/p>\n 10 December 2021: Check_Copy_Void.zip: Extracts to: Check_Copy_Void.scr Current Virus total detections: 5\/56<\/p>\n 15 December 2021: Check_Copy_Void.zip: Extracts to: Check_Copy_Void.scr Current Virus total detections: 2\/54<\/p>\n 15 December 2021: Check_Copy_Void.zip: Extracts to: Check_Copy_Void.scr Current Virus total detections: 10\/55<\/p>\n 20 January 2021: Check_Copy_Void.zip: Extracts to: Check_Copy_Void.scr Current Virus total detections: 8\/57<\/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