Cybercriminals target Valentine's Day

February has already begun
and on the occasion of Valentine's Day, lovers don't want to lose a
single chance to woo their beloveds and thereby visit the best gift
shops/gift websites to pick the best possible gifts or cards. In this
'love month' spammers and their malicious activities doing the round
and targeting people who flock to websites that advertise gifts they
can give to their loved ones.

The spam message can only
be seen if you highlight the entire message. The message is intended
to gather e-mail addresses by making the user suspicious of the
expired page which will cause them to unsubscribe. Users should never
unsubscribe from anything that they didn't subscribe for in the
first place. Thus, by doing this the user will hand it over there
e-mail address to the spammers and it's possible that this may be
used to harvest e-mail addresses for later Valentine's Day-related
attacks. Last year too, Trend Micro researchers alerted to the
discovery of spammed messages that were doing the rounds on the
pretext of Valentine's Day, which contained a link that lead to a
fake gift card promotion

Every special occasion or
holiday is not just a time for people to celebrate but also a time
for spammers to scam unwitting users with their devious scams.
“Spammed messages come in many forms and with varying payloads,
some redirect users to sites that sell anything and everything under
the sun, most especially pharmaceutical and replica items; some lead
to links to malicious or malware-ridden sites; some lead to sites
that advertise bogus promotions; and some carry malware as
attachments. That is why users should always be wary of opening
e-mail messages, particularly those that come from unknown sources
commented,” Amit Nath, Country Manager-India and SAARC, Trend
Micro.