{"id":1494,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:39","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1494"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Fake-Delta-Air-Lines-Ticket-Order-Emails-Point-to-Malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1494","title":{"rendered":"Fake Delta Air Lines Ticket Order Emails Point to Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A malicious email that is designed to emulate a flight ticket receipt from Delta Air Lines is currently hitting inboxes.  \u00a0The email, which features the Delta logo, claims that \u00a0your ticket order has been confirmed and your credit card has been charged.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nIt urges you to click a link to check your flight status or check-in online<\/p>\n<h2>The Email is Not From Delta Air Lines<\/h2>\n<p>Despite its seemingly official appearance, the email is not from Delta and the ticket purchase claims are untrue. The links in the email do not open flight information documents.<\/p>\n<p>The fraudulent message is designed to trick \u00a0people into following the \u00a0links in the mistaken belief that their credit card has been used to buy flight tickets that they know nothing about.<\/p>\n<p>Scammers know that such fake invoices will panic \u00a0at least a few recipients into clicking without due caution,<\/p>\n<h2>Clicking Links Downloads Malware<\/h2>\n<p>Those who do click one of the links in the email will be taken to a compromised website that harbours an infected Microsoft Word document.  \u00a0The document will be downloaded \u00a0to the victim&#8217;s computer.<\/p>\n<p>Once installed, <a href=\"https:\/\/heimdalsecurity.com\/blog\/hancitor-malware-delta-airlines\/\">this malware<\/a> can download further malware that can steal passwords and other sensitive information from the infected computer.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HSNet Article Center --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"5727909035\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h2>An Example of the Malicious \u00a0Email<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Subject: <\/strong><strong>Your order 74381363 with Delta Air Lines has been confirmed!<\/strong><br \/>\nYour order on Delta.com website is now complete and your credit card has been charged.<br \/>\nYour flight number , seat number and other important details can be found on your ticket, below:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.delta.com\/orders\/viewTicket Online.do?name=[removed]&amp;flight_no=NY334588765<\/p>\n<p>To check your flight status , please visit : \u00a0[link removed]<br \/>\nYou can do the check-in online, here: \u00a0[Link removed]<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for flying with us<\/p>\n<p> \u00a92017 Delta Air Lines, Inc. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 | \u00a0 \u00a0 Travel may be on other airlines.<\/p>\n<p>Terms and conditions apply to all offers and SkyMiles benefits. See specific offer for details, and visit SkyMiles Membership Guide &amp; Program Rules<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Details, such as the bogus order and flight numbers may vary in these emails.<\/p>\n<h3>Fake \u00a0Invoice Emails Repeatedly Used in Malware and Phishing Campaigns<\/h3>\n<p>Fake purchase receipt emails for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/qantas-flight-itinerary.shtml\">airline tickets<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/imaginit-urgent-invoice-malware-email\/\">other items<\/a> are commonly used to distribute malware and phishing scams.  \u00a0There have been several similar scam campaigns that have used<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/delta-airlines-malware-email.shtml\"> fake Delta flight ticket invoices <\/a>to trick users into downloading malware.<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/fake-delta-ticket-order-malware-email\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/fake-delta-ticket-order-malware-email\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A malicious email that is designed to emulate a flight ticket receipt from Delta Air Lines is currently hitting inboxes. \u00a0The email, which features the Delta logo, claims that \u00a0your ticket order has been confirmed and your credit card has been charged. It urges you to click a link to check your flight status or [&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-1494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}