[CyberSecurity] Important - very mature ransomware malware circulating - please alert your campuses

[McCrary, Barbara]

All

A phishing campaign against .edu and other non-profit organizations is underway.  The email looks different every time, but they all have the characteristics of this one.  These emails contain ransomware and your users should be alerted as strongly and often as you can about this.  It looks like:

Subject: Good afternoon

Howdy

I visited your website yesterday..
I'm currently looking for employment either full time or as a intern to get experience in the job fiield.
Please review my CV and let me know what you think.


Respectfully yours,

--
Sherrie Hart

This one has a malicious attachment named CV.doc.  This ransomware is called Cerber and here is what MBAM says about it.  https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2016/03/cerber-ransomware-new-but-mature/

The phishing emails even though they may be different somewhat they resemble this one and have an attachment.  When the user opens the email it infects the pc and possibly network shares with ransomware.

Please warn your users and take all necessary precautions to protect your assets.

Best,

Barbara McCrary

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