{"id":1514,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1514"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Fake-LinkedIn-Invitation-Emails-Point-to-Malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1514","title":{"rendered":"Fake LinkedIn Invitation Emails Point to Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><b>Outline<\/b><br \/>\nEmails purporting to be from social network LinkedIn ask recipients to click a link to view pending invitation messages. \u00a0 <\/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><\/p>\n<p><b>Brief Analysis<\/b><br \/>\nThe emails are not from LinkedIn. Links in the bogus emails open websites that contain malware.<\/p>\n<p><b>Example<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<p><b>Subject: LinkedIn Alert<\/b><\/p>\n<p>LinkedIn<br \/>\nREMINDERS<br \/>\nInvitation reminders:<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 From [Name Removed] (Friend)<\/p>\n<p>PENDING MESSAGES<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 There are a total of 2 messages awaiting your response. Visit your InBox now.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t want to receive email notifications? Adjust your message settings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/linkedin-malware-email.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19274\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/fake-linkedin-invitation-emails-point-to-malware\/linkedin-malware-email\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/linkedin-malware-email.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"609,305\" 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=\"linkedin-malware-email\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/linkedin-malware-email-300x150.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/linkedin-malware-email.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19274\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/linkedin-malware-email.jpg\" alt=\"LinkedIn Malware Emails\" width=\"609\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/linkedin-malware-email.jpg 609w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/linkedin-malware-email-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/linkedin-malware-email-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/linkedin-malware-email-585x293.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Detailed Analysis<\/b><br \/>\nMalicious emails purporting to be from popular business orientated online network LinkedIn are currently being distributed. The emails, which look like official LinkedIn messages, claim that pending invitations are awaiting the recipient&#8217;s response and advise him or her to visit the LinkedIn email inbox to view the invitations.<\/p>\n<p>However, the \u00a0messages are not from LinkedIn \u00a0and links in the messages do not lead to the LinkedIn website. In fact, all links in the bogus messages point to a website that contains malicious software. Clicking the links opens a page that tries to trick the visitor into downloading and installing the malicious software. The version of the message that I examined pointed to a site that contained a rogue anti-virus program. Alternative versions of the scam messages may open sites that contain other types of malware.<\/p>\n<p>The bogus emails have been designed to resemble genuine LinkedIn messages. Links in the messages have been disguised so that they appear to point to the real LinkedIn website. Internet criminals regularly use such ruses to target users of popular social networks such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Be cautious of following links in any emails that purport to be official notifications from such networks. Always \u00a0<a class=\"norm\" title=\"Check Links in HTML Emails\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/check-html-links.shtml\">check that links in such emails are genuine<\/a>. Ensure that links in such messages only direct you back to pages on the network&#8217;s own website.<\/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\/fake-linkedin-invitation-emails-point-to-malware\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/fake-linkedin-invitation-emails-point-to-malware\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline Emails purporting to be from social network LinkedIn ask recipients to click a link to view pending invitation messages. \u00a0 Brief Analysis The emails are not from LinkedIn. Links in the bogus emails open websites that contain malware. Example Subject: LinkedIn Alert LinkedIn REMINDERS Invitation reminders: \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 From [Name Removed] (Friend) PENDING MESSAGES \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 [&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-1514","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\/1514"}],"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=1514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/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=1514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}