{"id":1510,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1510"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Fake-ISP-\"Spam-Mailout\";-Notifications-Contain-Locky-Ransomware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1510","title":{"rendered":"Fake ISP &#8220;Spam Mailout&#8221;; Notifications Contain Locky Ransomware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nEmail \u00a0purporting to be from &#8220;ISP Support&#8221; claims that \u00a0your ISP has received spam mailouts from your address recently and urges you to open an attached file to view a log of the supposed spam messages.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Brief Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe email is not a genuine notification from your ISP and the attached .zip file does not contain a log of spam messages as claimed. Instead, the attachment contains a malicious JavaScript file that, if opened, can download and install Locky ransomware on your computer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"example\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\nDear [Name Removed]<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been receiving spam mailout from your address recently.<\/p>\n<p>Contents and logging of such messages are in the attachment.<br \/>\nPlease look into it and contact us.<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<br \/>\n[Random Name]<br \/>\nISP Support<br \/>\nTel.: [Removed]<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Attached File: <\/strong>logs_[same text as email greeting].zip<\/em><\/div>\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><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Detailed Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAccording to this email, which claims to be from support staff at your Internet Service \u00a0Provider (ISP), your email address has recently been sending \u00a0spam mailouts. It claims that the contents of these spam emails are contained in an attached \u00a0log file. It asks that you look into the issue and then contact your ISP.<\/p>\n<p>However, the email is not from your ISP and the attachment does not contain a log of spam emails. If you open the attached \u00a0.zip, you will find that it contains a JavaScript (.js) file. If you then open the .js file, a malicious \u00a0JavaScript can download and install Locky ransomware on your computer.<\/p>\n<p>Once installed, Locky can encrypt all of the important files \u00a0on your computer and then demand that you pay a ransom to online criminals to receive a decryption key. If you do not have \u00a0adequate recent backups of your files, recovering from a ransomware attack can be very difficult. Many victims have been forced to pay the criminals to retrieve access to their files. However, given that you are dealing with criminals, there is really no guarantee that you will receive the decryption key, even if you do pay up.<\/p>\n<p>The email uses a greeting derived from the first part of  \u00a0the recipient&#8217;s email address, which will often be the recipient&#8217;s \u00a0name.  \u00a0This tactic may serve to make the malware email appear more legitimate as it may seem that the message is addressing you by name and is thus likely to be  \u00a0from a company or person that knows you.<\/p>\n<p>The name of the supposed \u00a0ISP staff member who sent the email also varies.<\/p>\n<p>If you receive one of these emails, do not click any links or open any attachments that \u00a0it contains.<\/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><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/locky-ransomware-3.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1272\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/bogus-payment-accepted-email-carries-locky-ransomware\/locky-ransomware-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/locky-ransomware-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,594\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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=\"locky-ransomware-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/locky-ransomware-3-300x223.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/locky-ransomware-3.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1272\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/locky-ransomware-3.jpg\" alt=\"Locky Ransomware\" width=\"800\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/locky-ransomware-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/locky-ransomware-3-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/locky-ransomware-3-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/locky-ransomware-3-269x200.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">Last updated: November 23, 2016<br \/>\nFirst published: November 23, 2016<br \/>\nBy Brett M. 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Brief Analysis: The email is not a genuine notification from your ISP and the attached .zip file does [&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-1510","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\/1510"}],"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=1510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510\/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=1510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}