{"id":276,"date":"2014-12-03T22:04:34","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T22:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abtek.com\/blog\/?p=276"},"modified":"2014-12-05T15:48:37","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T15:48:37","slug":"fake-order-confirmation-e-mails-on-the-rise-during-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abtek.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/fake-order-confirmation-e-mails-on-the-rise-during-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake “Order Confirmation” E-mails On the Rise During Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

As if consumers didn’t have enough to worry about this holiday season.\u00c2\u00a0A recent report<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0from Krebs On Security outlines how\u00c2\u00a0shoppers may experience a spike in phishing attempts via fake “order confirmation” e-mails which appear branded with the logos and imagery of widely-trusted retail outlets. Some more detail about this particular series of phishing attempts:<\/p>\n

According to Malcovery<\/a>, a company that closely tracks email-based malware attacks, these phony \u00e2\u20ac\u0153order confirmation\u00e2\u20ac\u009d spam campaigns began around Thanksgiving, and use both booby-trapped links and attached files in a bid to infect recipients\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Windows PCs with the malware that powers the Asprox spam botnet<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A basic rule of thumb applies: If you don’t recognize where the e-mail is coming from or don’t remember making a purchase at a retailer that sends you an “order confirmation” e-mail,\u00c2\u00a0don’t<\/strong> click on the link.<\/p>\n

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As if consumers didn’t have enough to worry about this holiday season.\u00c2\u00a0A recent report\u00c2\u00a0from Krebs On Security outlines how\u00c2\u00a0shoppers may experience a spike in phishing attempts via fake “order confirmation” e-mails which appear branded with the logos and imagery of widely-trusted retail outlets. Some more detail about this particular series of phishing attempts: According to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":73,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t