{"id":1259,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1259"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"DHL-'Package-on-the-Way'-Malware-Email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1259","title":{"rendered":"DHL &#8216;Package on the Way&#8217; Malware Email"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>According to this email, which purports to be from delivery company DHL, you have a package on the way.<\/p>\n<p>Supposedly, DHL sent you the notification at the request of Apple. It instructs you to click a link to validate the shipment&#8217;s transit status and access an invoice.<\/p>\n<p>However, DHL did not send the email, and it has no connection to Apple. And, clicking the link does not open an invoice or transit document. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9162856233\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> Instead, clicking the link opens a compromised website that harbours malware. \u00a0 The site prompts you to download a file that supposedly contains the package shipping information.<\/p>\n<p>But, opening the file can install the malware on your computer. The purpose of the malware package may vary. It may attempt to steal sensitive information such as banking passwords from your computer. Or it may lock up your computer files and demand that you pay a fee via Bitcoin to receive the unlock key.<\/p>\n<p>Criminals regular use fake package delivery notifications to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/category\/malware\/\">trick people into \u00a0installing malware<\/a>. \u00a0Alternative versions claim to be from \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/fedex-incorrect-delivery-address-malware-email\/\">FedEx<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/not-able-to-deliver-ups-package-malware-email\/\">UPS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/australia-post-your-package-has-experienced-an-exception-malware-email\/\">Australia Post<\/a>, USPS, The Royal Mail, \u00a0 and several other well-known courier companies.<\/p>\n<p>If you receive \u00a0such an email, do not click \u00a0any links or open any attachments that it contains.<\/p>\n<h2>An example of the malware email:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dhl-malware-email-290119-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24125\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/dhl-package-on-the-way-malware-email\/dhl-malware-email-290119-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dhl-malware-email-290119-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"765,1027\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dhl-malware-email-290119-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dhl-malware-email-290119-1-223x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dhl-malware-email-290119-1-763x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dhl-malware-email-290119-1.jpg\" alt=\"DHL 'Package on the Way' Malware Email\" width=\"765\" height=\"1027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dhl-malware-email-290119-1.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dhl-malware-email-290119-1-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dhl-malware-email-290119-1-763x1024.jpg 763w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dhl-malware-email-290119-1-500x671.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dhl-malware-email-290119-1-585x785.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Third Content Ad Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1909104632\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/dhl-package-on-the-way-malware-email\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/dhl-package-on-the-way-malware-email\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to this email, which purports to be from delivery company DHL, you have a package on the way. Supposedly, DHL sent you the notification at the request of Apple. It instructs you to click a link to validate the shipment&#8217;s transit status and access an invoice. However, DHL did not send the email, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}