Bancorp email compromised

Bancorp email compromised

I use unique email addresses for various vendors that I use.  There’s a couple different reasons for that – one is that I can retire that address if I start getting spam, and the other is that I KNOW whose system has been compromised when I start getting spam to that address.  I generally let them know that I’m getting spam from the unique address I’ve given them, so that they can do something about it.  If they choose. 

Today I got a malware email from an address that was given to Bancorp.  The email was crafted to look like an invoice, and had a zip attachment.  I’m sure the zip attachment had some type of malware payload that would be delivered if I unzipped the zip file.

The email subject line was “E-Service (Europe) Ltd Invoice No: 10013405” and appeared to be from a company in UK.

Be careful out there!  Make sure any employees know to NOTICE if an email looks fishy before they open any attachments.