{"id":368,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=368"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"'Vodafone-Bill-Is-Ready'-Malware-Email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=368","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Vodafone Bill Is Ready&#8217; Malware Email"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Vodafone customers should watch out for fraudulent emails claiming that their \u00a0Vodafone bill is ready. The email links to malware. \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>The fake message includes the Vodafone logo and is formatted so that it appears at first glance to be a genuine Vodafone notification.<\/p>\n<p>If you click \u00a0on the  \u00a0&#8220;view your bill&#8221; link, a .zip file will be downloaded to your computer.  \u00a0The .zip file harbours a malicious \u00a0JavaScript file that, if opened, can download further malware.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.eset.ie\/2017\/08\/02\/fake-vodafone-bill-spreads-trojan-malware\/\">exact nature of the malware \u00a0payload may vary<\/a>. It may be ransomware that can lock up your files and then demand that you pay a fee to online criminals to receive \u00a0a decryption key.  \u00a0Or, it may be a trojan that can steal bank login credentials or other personal information from the infected computer.<\/p>\n<p>Invoice dates, bill amounts, and other details in the emails can also vary.<\/p>\n<p>If you receive one of these emails, do not click any links or open any attachments that it contains.<\/p>\n<p>Criminals have used similar tactics to <a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/fake-vodafone-bill-emails-contain-malware\/\">target Vodafone customers<\/a> on several <a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/vodafone-bill-bit-usual-malware-emails\/\">other \u00a0occasions<\/a> in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The Vodafone website <a href=\"https:\/\/n.vodafone.ie\/protecting-you.html\">includes information about protecting yourself<\/a> from such scam attempts.  \u00a0<\/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 malware email:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/vodaphone-bill-malware-email-2017-8-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9311\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/vodafone-bill-is-ready-malware-email\/vodaphone-bill-malware-email-2017-8-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/vodaphone-bill-malware-email-2017-8-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,778\" 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=\"vodaphone-bill-malware-email-2017-8-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/vodaphone-bill-malware-email-2017-8-1-300x292.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/vodaphone-bill-malware-email-2017-8-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9311\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/vodaphone-bill-malware-email-2017-8-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fake Vodafone Bill Contains Malware\" width=\"800\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/vodaphone-bill-malware-email-2017-8-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/vodaphone-bill-malware-email-2017-8-1-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/vodaphone-bill-malware-email-2017-8-1-768x747.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/vodaphone-bill-malware-email-2017-8-1-500x486.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/vodaphone-bill-malware-email-2017-8-1-585x569.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><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><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/vodafone-bill-is-ready-malware-email\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/vodafone-bill-is-ready-malware-email\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vodafone customers should watch out for fraudulent emails claiming that their \u00a0Vodafone bill is ready. The email links to malware. \u00a0 The fake message includes the Vodafone logo and is formatted so that it appears at first glance to be a genuine Vodafone notification. If you click \u00a0on the \u00a0&#8220;view your bill&#8221; link, a .zip [&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-368","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\/368"}],"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=368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/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=368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}