{"id":235,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=235"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"'Funeral-Account-Recovery'-Malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=235","title":{"rendered":"‘Funeral Account Recovery’ Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a particularly callous move, online criminals are currently distributing malware emails that supposedly contain a funeral invoice in an attached file.<\/p>\n

The emails, which claim to be from ‘Funeral Account Recovery’ and have a subject line that appears to contain an invoice number, ask you to open an attached file to view a letter. Recipients who have recently lost a loved-one may be especially vulnerable to this ruse.<\/p>\n

If you open the attached .zip file, you will find that it contains a javascript (.js) file. If \u00a0you then click \u00a0the .js file<\/a>, malware may be installed on your Microsoft Windows based computer. Once installed, the malware may join the infected computer to a botnet and download \u00a0further malware.<\/p>\n

This ruse is not unprecedented. \u00a0In early 2014, \u00a0malware emails<\/a> purporting to be from various funeral homes were being distributed. These fake funeral notices contained links to websites that harboured malware.<\/p>\n