It's the holidays and the bad guys are working overtime. There are three scams you want to warn your users about. Remember the Phil Esterhaus character in Hill Street Blues? To begin with, airplane crashes are notorious for click-bait and generating high infection rates.
1) There are phishing emails and Facebook messages that claim the missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501 has been found in Tacloban, Philippines. The message includes a teaser image of a crashed AirAsia jet and invite users to click a 'Play' button to view 'breaking news' footage.
We have a Current Events Template ready for you and we recommend to send this one to your users ASAP to inoculate them against this current phishing attack. The title of the template is "Breaking News - Air Asia Flight QZ8501 Has Been Found - VIDEO"
2) Watch out for Apple Watch scams from today on forward. This new device will be incredibly popular and be used for a variety of scams that try to workstation with malware. There will be lotteries, giveaways, "Free Apple Watch" contests, and promises that if you buy something, you will get an Apple Watch thrown in the deal at no cost. Tell your users to be careful with all these emails, if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is!. Think Before You Click!"
3) Bad guys have now created an app that researchers at McAfee identified started in South Korea in the last few days, attempting to exploit the media frenzy related to "The Interview" movie. There is a torrent download, and it poses as an Android App to download the movie to mobile devices. But no, it's a banking Trojan. Warn your users that they need to be very careful not to download anything related to "The Interview" unless they are 100% sure it comes from a legit source. And if they want to see it, go to that website yourself, and do not click on any link in an email promising to play the movie.
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