Posts written by Angelife
Covid-19. [Current date] horrible Charts
May 12, 2020
This phishing attack pretends to be from the Johns Hopkins Center. Attached to this email is a malicious Excel file titled ‘covid_usa_nyt_8072.xls’ that displays the number of Coronavirus-related deaths in the United States. If the user opens the Excel attachment and clicks ‘Enable Content’, malicious macros install the NetSupport Manager client from a remote […]
FFCRA_Employee Rights_Non-Federal Poster [[Smishing alert]]
April 2, 2020
Smishing is short for SMS phishing. It works just like a phishing email but uses text messages to get victims to visit a link or send personal or confidential data to the sender. You should delete any unsolicited text messages; they are almost always attempts to gain personal or confidential data from you. To verify […]
COVID-19 Campus Message from UT Health San Antonio
March 28, 2020
COVID-19 Phishing Sample #5: Dirty little secret
March 24, 2020
In scams like these, the crooks don’t have any data on you, let alone details about all your family members and where they live. The “proof or secret” they may have is a password you used to have that was extracted from publicly available data leaked in an old data breach. Don’t be scared, send […]
COVID-19 Phishing Sample #4: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak prevention and cure update
March 24, 2020
This email instructs recipients to open an attachment for the purpose of receiving updated instructions on how to fight the coronavirus. This attachment was an archive that, when opened, revealed “Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) CURE.exe.” When run, this executable loaded HawkEye, a keylogger which is capable of intercepting keystrokes, stealing credentials, taking screenshots, and exfiltrating its […]
URGENT REQUEST
February 25, 2020
From: [username].uthscsa@gmail.com Date: February ##, 2020 Subject: URGENT REQUEST Available? What number can I text you at?
ACTION Needed: William L. Henrich Employee Urgent Survey
September 16, 2019
[SPAM] UTHSCSA ALERT!!
July 3, 2019
Notification From System Admin
July 2, 2019
Warning! From Service-Desk
May 21, 2019