{"id":3107,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=3107"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Watch-For-Emails-With-The-Subject-\"Photo\";---Attachments-Contain-Malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=3107","title":{"rendered":"Watch For Emails With The Subject &#8220;Photo&#8221;; &#8211; Attachments Contain Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nEmails with just the subject line &#8220;photo&#8221; and \u00a0just \u00a0a name in the message body include a .zip file that supposedly \u00a0contains an image.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Brief Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe attached .zip file contains a dangerous .exe file that, if opened, can install malware on your computer.<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>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]&gt;<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"example\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/photo-subject-line-malware-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2133\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/watch-for-emails-with-the-subject-photo-attachments-contain-malware\/photo-subject-line-malware-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/photo-subject-line-malware-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,640\" 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=\"photo-subject-line-malware-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/photo-subject-line-malware-1-300x240.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/photo-subject-line-malware-1.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2133 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/photo-subject-line-malware-1.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Photo&quot; subject line malware emails\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/photo-subject-line-malware-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/photo-subject-line-malware-1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/photo-subject-line-malware-1-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/photo-subject-line-malware-1-250x200.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/photo-subject-line-malware-1-100x80.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p><!-- 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>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]&gt;<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Detailed Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nCybercriminals are well aware that, sometimes, the simplest of ruses can be very effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>In this case, they have distributed malicious emails with just the subject line &#8220;photo&#8221;.  \u00a0The body of the emails are \u00a0blank other than for a first name and first initial of a surname. The emails include an attached \u00a0file called &#8220;IMG WA4486103765~JPG.zip&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>The crooks know that at least a few recipients will open the attachment out of simple curiosity. Although the attachment is actually a .zip, its \u00a0name \u00a0contains the letters &#8220;IMG&#8221; and &#8220;JPG&#8221; to give the impression that it does indeed contain a photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>If you open the .zip file, you will find that it contains a file called \u00a0&#8220;IMG WA4486103765~JPG.exe&#8221;. If you then click this .exe file, malware may \u00a0be installed on your Windows \u00a0computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>More experienced computer users are unlikely to be caught out by such simple \u00a0tricks. But, alas, there are many users who tend to be naive about the nefarious ways of the \u00a0Internet \u00a0and may thus go ahead and open the attachment and infect their computers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>This campaign is similar to an earlier, and quite widespread, malware attack that consisted of emails with the <a title=\"MALWARE - 'My New Photo' Emails\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/my-new-photo-malware-email.shtml\">subject line &#8220;My new \u00a0photo&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/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>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]&gt;<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"date\">Last updated: August 12, 2016<br \/>\nFirst published: August 12, 2016<br \/>\nBy Brett M. Christensen<br \/>\n<a class=\"foot\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/about.shtml\">About Hoax-Slayer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ref\">References<br \/>\n<a title=\"MALWARE - 'My New Photo' Emails\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/my-new-photo-malware-email.shtml\">MALWARE &#8211; &#8216;My New Photo&#8217; Emails<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Malware Threat Articles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/malware-threat-articles.shtml\">Malware Threat Articles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/watch-for-emails-with-the-subject-photo-attachments-contain-malware\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/watch-for-emails-with-the-subject-photo-attachments-contain-malware\/<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline: Emails with just the subject line &#8220;photo&#8221; and \u00a0just \u00a0a name in the message body include a .zip file that supposedly \u00a0contains an image. Brief Analysis: The attached .zip file contains a dangerous .exe file that, if opened, can install malware on your computer. Example: Detailed Analysis: Cybercriminals are well aware that, sometimes, the [&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-3107","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\/3107"}],"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=3107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3107\/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=3107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}