Hackers used fake job website to scam jobless US veterans
In certain countries, the populace holds a deep bond with their armed forces. Reasons such as patriotism, giving back and love for freedom can often be attributed to such emotions and this holds true for the USA as well. Therefore, its own way, The U.S Chamber of Commerce hosts an online website at "hiringourheroes.org" to help armed forces veterans find jobs. However, attackers seem to have found ways to bend this to their advantage. Exploiting the impact and need of the site, recently, a pretender website with the URL of "hiremilitaryheroes[.]com" was discovered distributing malware by prompting users to download an application for computers based on the Windows OS.
Oct-4-2019, 23:07:33 GMT
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