That’s No PDF!

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We are seeing a slight uptick in both fake Word documents and fake PDFs. Notice in this email the following: From is someone I don’t know subject line mentions PDF attachment link is to a strange website These things should make you run. Though, this is not a malicious code loader, it is a phishing Read More

Myspace? Really?

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It has been a while since I’ve seen anything MySpace related…well, there is that opening roll on Silicon Valley…but beyond that. So to receive this recently made me chuckle. So an email from nobody I know, purporting to be something important. The text attachment is this: This email (myspace@XYZ.net) was used as the addressee of Read More

Word Attachment Scam

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Received this the other day. Looks legit. Adding the password requirement helps in this regard. We haven’t opened it, but no doubt will run a macro and cause you great problems. If you don’t know who it is from, don’t open it.