OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:

  • Threat Type: Others

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This is the Trend Micro detection for email using social engineering tricks such as faking the sender name, a click-bait subject, a fake message, etc., that most spammers use, making the email look legitimate. It does this to gain recipients' trust. Social engineering tricks like the aforementioned are also seen in phishing email and email related to targeted attacks.

  SOLUTION

NOTES:

If your Trend Micro product detects an email with this detection name, it is recommended to check for other suspicious detection - attachments or URLs - in the email. Never open attachments or click on URLs of email messages detected under this detection.


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