Spoofed Win10 update emails carry nasty ransomware
Microsoft is rolling out its free Windows 10 upgrade in phases, which means that some of those who are signed up to receive the new OS have to wait (your author included). It's only human nature that waiting breeds impatience, and some diabolically clever malware makers are taking advantage of the situation. According to a new threat analysis by Cisco, a new crop of scam emails masquerading as a Windows 10 upgrade notification is making the rounds, with an attached "Windows 10 installer" zip file that's actually a variant of the CTB-Locker cryptographic ransomware.
As is usually the case with these types of scams, the email itself contains a variety of malformed characters, questionable grammar, and amateurish-looking assurances that the message has passed a threat scan. If the user ignores ...