Malware poses as booking confirmation email from Welsh seaside hotel

A seaside hotel in Pembrokeshire, South West Wales, has become the unwilling participant in a widespread malware attack spammed around the world.

Computer users have received emails claiming to be a booking confirmation from the Atlantic Hotel in Tenby.

But the truth of the matter is that the emails don’t come from the hotel at all, but are instead designed to trick curious recipients into opening the dangerous file attached.

Here is what a typical email sent out in the malware campaign looks like…

Read more in my article on the Naked Security website.

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