{"id":13361,"date":"2022-04-12T05:57:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T05:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myonlinesecurity.co.uk\/?p=13361"},"modified":"2023-04-04T08:20:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T08:20:08","slug":"investment-opportunities-in-ireland-malware","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/myonlinesecurity.co.uk\/investment-opportunities-ireland-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"Investment Opportunities In Ireland \u2013 Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"
Investment Opportunities in Ireland pretending to come from IDA Ireland (Home of Foreign Businesses) <info@idaireland.com> with link to a malicious 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.<\/p>\n
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
When I first saw these emails, I was convinced it was typical spam and was just going to dump them in the bin without reading them, but idle curiosity made me check a bit and follow the link.<\/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 New Investment Opportunities, Click below and review the key investment opportunities and how we can support investments:<\/p>\n NEW INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN IRELAND.<\/p>\n Thank you.<\/p>\n IDA Ireland actively plans for success. As Ireland\u2019s inward promotion agency, we partner with established companies, both large and small, working with them every step of the way to achieve a smooth, fast and successful set-up of their operations in Ireland.<\/p>\n Todays Date: investmentareas.rar: Extracts to: investmentareas.scr Current Virus total detections: 26\/55<\/p>\n
\nThe new investment range in Ireland gives you choice \u2013 whether you are looking for 100% capital security or willing to take some level of risk, there are investments that can meet the needs of many different types of investors.<\/p>\n