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I thought it was spreading with HMRC notices and fake invoice corrections? The ones I've seen are pretty good, all the lingo is correct. They're pushing all th
by mattmanser 13y ago
I thought it was spreading with HMRC notices and fake invoice corrections?
The ones I've seen are pretty good, all the lingo is correct. They're pushing all the right buttons in the email which would immediately get an accountant or business owner to open it immediately to find out what was wrong.
The only obvious warning sign is the zip attachment.
- ksrm 13y agoWhat's bad about .zips? Surely it's the .exe that's the issue.
- Kequc 13y agoCompression can obfuscate the virus from being easy to detect and therefore is more likely to arrive at its destination. There are tricks which can crash anti-virus applications that try to open specially crafted zips once it is on the user's computer.