The “I Have To Share Bad News With You” email falls into the sextortion scam email category. It’s a fake email that claims malware has been installed on your device and an explicit video of you watching pornography has been made. The sender threatens to send the video to all of your contacts unless you agree to pay $950 in…
“I actually installed a Malware on porn website” is a scam email that falls into the sextortion email category. The email falsy claims that the recipient’s computer is infected with malware, which allowed them to turn on the microphone/camera and make an explicit video of the recipient watching pornography. The contents of the email are completely false. The email is…
The “You’ve Been Hacked!” email is a type of extortion scam email that falsely claims the recipient’s computer has been hacked. The sender claims to have stolen all the information in the computer and threatens to reveal it if a payment of $250 is not made to the provided Bitcoin wallet address. Paying would be a waste of money because the…
The “I am a Hacker Who Has Access To Your Operating System” email scam is classified as a sextortion email scam. It’s a very generic attempt to trick users into sending scammers money in exchange for not releasing a non-existent explicit video to users’ contacts. The email is nothing more than a scam and can be ignored.
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Qual ransomware is file-encrypting malware from the Djvu/STOP ransomware family. The .qual extension added to encrypted file names can identify the ransomware. Unfortunately, the ransomware will encrypt all personal files and request a payment to recover them. At the moment, only users who have backups can recover files for free.
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“Online Internet Banking Security Center” pop-up is classified as a tech support scam. This type of scam falsely informs users that their computers have been infected with malware. Users are prompted to call the provided phone number to get assistance with removing the malware. Users who call are connected to scammers pretending to work for legitimate companies like Microsoft or…
“You Are One Of A Kind” email is classified as a sextortion scam email. The email falsely claims that a video of the recipient watching pornography will be sent to all their contacts if they do not agree to pay $1280. The email is nothing more than a scam and can be ignored.
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“Redundancies Across The Organization” email is part of a new malicious email campaign that distributes the Agent Tesla RAT (Remote Access Trojan). The email falsely informs the recipient that their employment has been terminated. The email contains a malicious attachment, which users are prompted to open by the sender. If users open it, their computers become infected with a dangerous…
“New app(s) have access to your Microsoft Account” email is part of a phishing campaign that tries to trick users into disclosing their Microsoft account login credentials. The email itself is harmless if users do not click on the link and disclose their login credentials. However, if credentials are successfully phished, users’ accounts will be hijacked by malicious actors.
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The “UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION (COVID19 ASSISTED PROGRAM)” email is part of a scam email campaign that claims the recipients are eligible for compensation. The email promises users a golden box, supposedly worth $5.5 million. This and similar emails aim to phish users’ personal information. If users engage with this scam email, they could end up revealing highly sensitive information.
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