Phishing Email Alerts
Catch of the Day: Another Norton Renewal Phish
Examples of clever phish that made it past my spam filters and into my Inbox, or from clients, or reliable sources on the Internet.
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The nets were nearly empty this week. Evidently the phishers are enjoying a little holiday respite.
Another Norton Renewal Phish
A client forwarded this fake invoice exploit to me for evaluation. It is a good idea to ask your computer friend about emails like this one before calling the “feel free” number on the invoice. By the way typos and grammatical errors like that one are always a clue that the email is fake.
This type of phishing emails work by getting you to call in and complain, and the goal is to extract your banking or credit card information from you, reset your password, and drain yur account. It is explained in this article The ‘Zelle Fraud’ Scam: How it Works, How to Fight Back from Krebs on Security.
Anyway, here is the email and the fake invoice
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I am a cybersecurity and IT instructor, cybersecurity analyst, pen-tester, trainer, and speaker. I am an owner of the WyzCo Group Inc. In addition to consulting on security products and services, I also conduct security audits, compliance audits, vulnerability assessments and penetration tests. I also teach Cybersecurity Awareness Training classes. I work as an information technology and cybersecurity instructor for several training and certification organizations. I have worked in corporate, military, government, and workforce development training environments I am a frequent speaker at professional conferences such as the Minnesota Bloggers Conference, Secure360 Security Conference in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, the (ISC)2 World Congress 2016, and the ISSA International Conference 2017, and many local community organizations, including Chambers of Commerce, SCORE, and several school districts. I have been blogging on cybersecurity since 2006 at http://wyzguyscybersecurity.com