“Wire transfer canceled”? Watch out for spammed-out malware attack

If you’ve received an email in your inbox telling you that your wire transfer has been cancelled, take care – as it’s the latest attempt by online criminals to infect the general public’s Windows computers.

Read more in my article on Sophos’s Naked Security blog.

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Graham Cluley is a veteran of the cybersecurity industry, having worked for a number of security companies since the early 1990s when he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows. Now an independent analyst, he regularly makes media appearances and is an international public speaker on the topic of cybersecurity, hackers, and online privacy. Follow him on Twitter, Mastodon, Bluesky, or drop him an email.