Over 3,000 people in Vietnam lost their email passwords between December 7 and 9 when they received an email titled “Christmas Present,” according to the Hanoi-based internet security firm BKAV.
The email said “Merry Christmas! A small Christmas present is sent to you” and asked victims to click on the link http://vn...day.com/chuc-mung-giang-sinh.php, which redirected them to a fake log-in website.
Here, they were asked to log in with their yahoo or gmail accounts to receive the gift.
It turned out to be a phishing attempt to steal passwords.
“Christmas and New Year are always opportunities for hackers to take advantage of, so everyone should be on alert and should not type their passwords into websites of unclear origins,” Nguyen Minh Duc, BKAV’s network security director, said.
Meanwhile, US security company Symantec has warned against an email titled “Get a Personalized Letter from Santa to Your Child!”.
It contains the Erkez.D@mm virus, it said.
Symantec warned users against updating antivirus software regularly or clicking on suspicious links in emails or IM messages. It recommended upgrading the computer’s central processing unit (CBU) and installing the latest anti-virus software.
