123-reg scam/phishing emails

[grantw]

Just a heads up, I've had a few emails this morning that looked like genuine invoice emails from 123-reg, the only difference being that the attached file is a word document rather than a pdf.

No idea what's in the file but I wouldn't advise opening it if anyone else gets one.

Grant

 

[scottmccloud]

I noticed this too this morning, got an email from them thanking me for my order. Might have fooled me but for the fact from bad past experiences I wouldn't use them with a bargepole!

 

[Whois-Search]

Emails like that tend to have a Macro in the Word file that calls Malware.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/187243

https://www.sophos.com/en-us/securi...rends/the-rise-of-document-based-malware.aspx

 

[boxerdog]

Yep I've a 2 already today.

 

[Sam]

Yes had plenty of these today...

 

[sdsinc]

Smile, somebody is trying to steal your domains