{"id":1868,"date":"2024-05-01T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/phishbowl\/?p=1868"},"modified":"2024-05-01T12:06:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:06:22","slug":"16-18-my-vids-pdf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/phishbowl\/uncategorized\/1868\/","title":{"rendered":"16 18 (my VIDS.pdf)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following email contains a malicious PDF attachment labeled &#8220;my VIDS.pdf&#8221;. Below are the red flags:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>External Sender: The email is sent from an external address with a suspicious domain, indicating potential phishing.<\/li>\n<li>Suspicious Body Text: The message lacks meaningful content, making it look suspicious and inconsistent with legitimate communication.<\/li>\n<li>Malicious Attachment: The attached PDF file (&#8220;my VIDS.pdf&#8221;) is labeled as containing malware. Clicking on such PDFs can trigger harmful code, leading to malware or ransomware infections. Attackers often use an intriguing file name such as &#8220;my VIDS&#8221; to prompt users to open malicious attachments out of curiosity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1869\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2024\/05\/2024-05-01_11-49-10_16_14_Malware_PDF.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"778\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2024\/05\/2024-05-01_11-49-10_16_14_Malware_PDF.png 778w, https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2024\/05\/2024-05-01_11-49-10_16_14_Malware_PDF-472x400.png 472w, https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2024\/05\/2024-05-01_11-49-10_16_14_Malware_PDF-648x550.png 648w, https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2024\/05\/2024-05-01_11-49-10_16_14_Malware_PDF-768x652.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Below are several more examples:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1871\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2024\/05\/2024-05-01_12-03-09_private_sketch.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"772\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2024\/05\/2024-05-01_12-03-09_private_sketch.png 772w, https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2024\/05\/2024-05-01_12-03-09_private_sketch-440x400.png 440w, https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2024\/05\/2024-05-01_12-03-09_private_sketch-605x550.png 605w, https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2024\/05\/2024-05-01_12-03-09_private_sketch-768x698.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1872\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2024\/05\/2024-05-01_12-04-01_my_pics.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2024\/05\/2024-05-01_12-04-01_my_pics.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2024\/05\/2024-05-01_12-04-01_my_pics-431x400.png 431w, https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2024\/05\/2024-05-01_12-04-01_my_pics-593x550.png 593w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following email contains a malicious PDF attachment labeled &#8220;my VIDS.pdf&#8221;. Below are the red flags: External Sender: The email is sent from an external address with a suspicious domain, indicating potential phishing. Suspicious Body Text: The message lacks meaningful content, making it look suspicious and inconsistent with legitimate communication. Malicious Attachment: The attached PDF [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":664,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>16 18 (my VIDS.pdf) - Phish Bowl<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/phishbowl\/uncategorized\/1868\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"16 18 (my VIDS.pdf) - Phish Bowl\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The following email contains a malicious PDF attachment labeled &#8220;my VIDS.pdf&#8221;. 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