The baiting attack is a more elaborate version of the traditional email phishing version in which millions of people receive messages with links to supposedly free software,.
In brief: Readers of this site will know that one of the golden rules in life is never to use an unsolicited USB stick that arrives in the mail, even when it’s inside convincing Microsoft Office packaging and engraved with the Office logo. Criminals have been using the trick to scam unsuspecting victims in the UK who believed they were sent the expensive piece of software by mistake.
The baiting attack is a more elaborate version of the traditional email phishing version in which millions of people receive messages with links to supposedly free software, often one of Microsoft’s suite of programs, but they are actually downloading malware onto their device.
