Expecting a parcel from FED-EX?
If your answer is yes, then you need to worry. Recently there has been an increase in FED-EX related spam mails, poising as Tracking ID and instead of serving a legitimate FED-Ex receipt , a malware is pushed into the system.
Fed-Ex EMail
One of the numerous urls which is being actively used to serve this malware is
hxxp(:)//www(.)biguard(.)com/DLIJWSUMQK(.)php?receipt=ss00_323%22
PostalReceipt.zip
The contents of the zip when extracted will show a nice looking MS-Word Icon
PostalReceipt.exe
Virustotal Results :26/45
Precautions to be taken:
1: Check the sender's email-id 2: Never Click on links which belong to a different domain. 3: Never trust the Icons
