Cybercriminals using fake Malaysia Airlines news to exploit users, Trend Micro
As per Trend Micro, cybercriminals are exploiting the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines plane by luring users to websites purporting to offer the latest news in order to steal their personal information.
Trend Micro suggests Internet users should exercise caution when clicking on links shared on social media for news of flight MH370, which mysteriously vanished from the radar in the early hours of March 8 while on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.There is no trace of the aircraft or the 239 people on board, despite a massive international search.
“Cybercriminals have previously used tragedies such as last year's Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and the deadly bomb attack on the Boston Marathon to lure unsuspecting users to malicious websites. User’s should click with caution is such situations as cybercriminals try to cash on such activities. Securing your PCs, tablets and mobile phones with an up-to-date security software is also recommended to the netizens,” said Dhanya Thakkar, Managing Director, India & SAARC, Trend Micro.
Trend Micro’s global network of research, service and support centres, TrendLabs has spotted an executable file disguised as a video that, when clicked, allowed scammers to collect a user's data, such as his or her IP address.
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