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Malware Disguised as a Funeral Notice<\/h4>\n

Email phishing efforts know no limits — malware now delivered via fake funeral notices.–PC Pitstop<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

By Stu Sjouwerman, for KnowBe4.com Security Awareness Training<\/p>\n

Another one to warn your employees about. The bad guys do not hesitate to exploit the most basic fears of people; the sudden death of a loved one. The message claims to be from a funeral home and notifies the recipient about an upcoming funeral and instructs them to click a link to view their invitation and more details about the ceremony.<\/p>\n

Of course the email is a phishing scam and clicking on the link opens a compromised website that tries to download Trojan malware to the workstation and makes it a zombie connected to a botnet. Here is a picture how this scam looks:<\/p>\n

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This excerpt appears with permission from knowbe4.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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