In a recently discovered phishing scheme, spammers, posing as a notable U.S. military insurance group, are asking users to log in and “register to the backup security certificates” in order to protect against potential Heartbleed bug attacks.
This is not a way of mitigating the Heartbleed bug threat.
Clicking the Sign On button at the bottom of the email will redirect users to a compromised Turkish manufacturing website, according to a Wednesday post by Symantec, which would not reveal the name of the insurance organization.
Additional giveaways to the phishing scam include poor use of the English language throughout the email, as well as the sender using an old mail client, which most modern businesses no longer use, according to the post.
