If you’re returning to an overflowing inbox after the Easter holiday weekend, make sure that you don’t fall for the latest scam being distributed widely by spammers.
Emails claiming that recipient’s accounts have been temporarily suspended are being seen around the world today, attempting to trick users into believing that their email account has been accessed by somebody else.
The spammed-out emails try to hoodwink users into running the attached file (Instructions.zip) which is, predictably, carrying a malicious payload.
Here’s what the emails look like:
Dear Customer,
This e-mail was send by example.com to notify you that we have temporanly prevented access to your account.
We have reasons to beleive that your account may have been accessed by someone else. Please run attached file and Follow instructions
(C) example.com
In an attempt to make the email more convincing, the attackers reference the domain name…
Read more in my article on the Naked Security website.
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