Bro, guess what! I was chilling with my coffee when Mioara tells me: 'Look, I got an email from HR with the pay slip.' I say, 'Open it, babe, maybe they gave us a bonus.'
Online, not the real Adobe. Man, these crooks have some nerve, no joke! Ontinet and ESET Spain have sounded the alarm: a phishing campaign is targeting exactly the employees who get their pay slip by email.
They send fake messages, pretend to be HR, and lure you with a salary receipt. You click, land on a clone site that mimics Adobe Acrobat Reader, download a file, and boom: they've stolen your bank details and passwords. No joke, it's an old method, but it still works!
Josep Albors, the director at ESET Spain, says: 'This fraud exploits a real routine within companies.' And he's right, bro! The end and beginning of the month are peak periods when everyone is waiting for their money.
The email has no company name or responsible person, just a receipt for that month. It's a Windows .exe file. Basically, it weakens your browser protection and steals your banking credentials and cards.
Now, I say this: don't open this crap, check the sender twice. If you get a shady pay slip, call the company's HR directly, don't get led by the nose! Because if Mioara had opened it, we'd be left without money for bread and cigarettes.
Man, madness!
