30/09/2020
Imagine getting an email to your work address reminding you to take a cybersecurity training course. You recognize the sender, so you click through. Now you’re being asked to log in to Outlook, but first, you need to provide your name, address, and birthdate. At this point the alarm bells in your head should be ringing.
Welcome to another issue of the Malwarebytes newsletter. This time around we’re talking about phishing scams. The scenario above describes a real phishing campaign currently making its way around the Internet. Targets are receiving emails spoofed or faked to look like they’re coming from a trusted cybersecurity company. Clicking through takes victims to a phishing site designed to harvest usernames, passwords, and other personally identifiable information (PII).
Malwarebytes Premium automatically blocks the bad email links and phishing sites employed in scams like this one. So, if you’re a Premium user, you’re safe and also thank you for using Malwarebytes. However, you may want to forward this email to friends, family, and coworkers who aren’t familiar with phishing scams or don’t have a cybersecurity program capable of blocking these types of threats.
Until next month, keep your devices clean.
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