Although we see some very sneaky social engineering tricks used by scammers and cybercriminals on occasions, designed to trick users into making unwise decisions, we also see some very basic attempts at online crime.
Take, for instance, this email which was spammed out this weekend pretending to be an advisory about a new update to the popular Firefox web browser.
Hopefully no regular reader of Naked Security would fall for it.
Subject: New version released.
Message body:
Important notice
A Firefox software update is a quick download of small amounts of new code to your existing Firefox browser. These small patches can contain security fixes or other little changes to the browser to ensure that you are using the best version of Firefox available. Firefox is constantly evolving as our community finds ways to make it better, and as we adjust to the latest security threats. Keeping your Firefox up-to-date is…
Read more in my article on the Naked Security website.
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