{"id":17158,"date":"2022-11-14T12:06:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T12:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myonlinesecurity.co.uk\/?page_id=17158"},"modified":"2023-04-06T09:24:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T09:24:57","slug":"thank-you-for-your-payment-fake-pdf-malware","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/myonlinesecurity.co.uk\/thank-you-for-your-payment-fake-pdf-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You For Your Payment \u2013 Fake PDF Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"
Thank you for your payment pretending to come from nycserv@finance.nyc.gov with a zip attachment is another one from the current bot runs which tries to download various Trojans and password stealers especially banking credential stealers, which may include credit, drives, Syriza, and various Zbots, crypto locker, 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-sized 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) login 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 has 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 organizations 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 The email looks like this:<\/p>\n This is confirmation that your payment on Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:30:08 +0000 for Name: sol chaimovits<\/p>\n Payment Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:30:08 +0000<\/p>\n Receipt Number: WWW40531470<\/p>\n Payment Amount: USD 7900.00<\/p>\n Credit Card: Visa<\/p>\n Account ending in 3146<\/p>\n Your payment was for the following items:<\/p>\n Agency\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Item Thank you for using New York City\u2019s website to process your payment. <\/p>\n 18 February 2015: attachment.zip: Extracts to: attachment.exe Current Virus total detections: 9\/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
\nUSD 7900.00 has been
\naccepted by the NYC Department of Finance. Your Credit Card statement
\nwill show
\nan entry from Parking Fines NYCGOV. Please read the attachment and save
\nit in case
\nDo you have any questions about the items that you have paid for?<\/p>\n
\nAmount
\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013
\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014
\nPVO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1160025162
\nUSD 3000.00
\nPVO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7247746580
\nUSD 4500.00
\nDOF\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Convenience Fee
\nUSD 400.00<\/p>\n
\nPlease do not reply to this email.\u00a0 You may contact us by visiting
\nhttp:\/\/nycserv.nyc.gov\/NYCServWeb\/ContactUs.html\u00a0if you have questions
\nor need further assistance.<\/p>\n