Phishing emails impersonate the White House and VP Mike Pence

guest · Apr 9, 2020

Phishing emails impersonate the White House and VP Mike Pence
April 9, 2020
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Phishing scammers have started to impersonate President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in emails that distribute malware or perform extortion scams.

These emails state they are the latest "Coronavirus Guidelines for America" and prompt the recipient to click on a link to download a document.
Once a user enables content, malicious macros will launch that install malware onto the recipient's computer.

The site pushing the malware has since been taken down, so it is not known what malware was being distributed in this attack
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Phishing scam impersonates Vice President Pence
Another phishing scam almost feels like an extortion scam where the sender pretends to be from Vice President Pence who claims to have just gotten out of a security meeting about the recipient's company.
This particular scam does not distribute malware but does open the opportunity for the victim to respond and reach an 'agreement' with the scammer.

As always, phishing scammers will utilize any means to scare you into downloading malware or sending them money.
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