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Beware: A Dangerous Windows 10 Ransomware Scam Is Spreading Online
x16wda:
Just in time for the new week, we have this from fosshub.
We have bets in at work on which client will report this to us first after honkling their file server... (honkling = a whole letter worse than just honking a box...)
According to the Cisco’s security team, they have found a new scamming campaign that spreads CTB-Locker ransomware. This trouble comes in the form of a fake Microsoft email, telling Windows users that their Windows 10 download is ready.
These messages in Windows 10 ransomware scam mimic the emails sent by Microsoft, along with some text mistakes and changes. However, scammers have managed to spoof the address of origin as [email protected]. To make the messages look more authentic, attackers are using the same color scheme used by Microsoft to fool the users. Thus, these emails look more legitimate.
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Stoic Joker:
Well that didn't take long.
TaoPhoenix:
Anyone want to summarize a "magic bullet" method of separating the fake ones from the real ones?
I could see myself falling for that with a spoofed address because my best main method (besides look and feel) of telling phishing is hovering over the address that says things like "Microsoft" (from werwfdsf.thai) or something.
KynloStephen66515:
Just in time for the new week, we have this from fosshub.
We have bets in at work on which client will report this to us first after honkling their file server... (honkling = a whole letter worse than just honking a box...)
According to the Cisco’s security team, they have found a new scamming campaign that spreads CTB-Locker ransomware. This trouble comes in the form of a fake Microsoft email, telling Windows users that their Windows 10 download is ready.
These messages in Windows 10 ransomware scam mimic the emails sent by Microsoft, along with some text mistakes and changes. However, scammers have managed to spoof the address of origin as [email protected]. To make the messages look more authentic, attackers are using the same color scheme used by Microsoft to fool the users. Thus, these emails look more legitimate.
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-x16wda (August 03, 2015, 05:27 AM)
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Ahh gotta love misleading information - It has sweet-FA to do with Windows 10 - It's just randomware...it will cripple you on ANY OS...In fact, it doesn't even target people ON Windows 10 (Unless people are stupid enough to click it) as it is designed for those who have NOT updated yet...so...if anything....it has NOTHING to do with Windows 10 other than it's trying to grab people who would be upgrading to it...
Facts...they are not hard to understand.
Stoic Joker:
Anyone want to summarize a "magic bullet" method of separating the fake ones from the real ones?-TaoPhoenix (August 03, 2015, 09:24 AM)
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The fake one has a .zip attachment.
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