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Internet scammers have not lost time and have created a strategy associated with the wave of layoffs that has been gaining strength - in the fifth (22), Microsoft announced it will waive 5 thousand employees. In this new type of fraud, seeking to install malicious files on computers, they shoot an email with a false resume attached.
The message is succinct: "resume attached", reinforcing the promise of the title ( "CV"). According to security company Trend Micro, which identified the coup, the Internet user who clicks on the attachment is directed to a malicious Web site. Then, automatically starts downloading the file curriculo542.zip, which is compressed just to confuse the most unsuspecting.
If you run this file, the user installs on your computer malicious code. This facilitates the installation of plague other viruses and the theft of personal information of Internet users, such as credit card number, current account and CPF.
This type of threat is called a phishing scam. With this strategy, pirated computer sending e-mails suggesting that Internet users download programs, click on links or visiting malicious sites. When you follow the suggestion, the potential victims in infect their computers with programs generally developed for the theft of financial data.
Source: G1
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