Most of this spam is caught by the anti-spam filters

Jun 21, 2014 11:34 GMT  ·  By

Some users have received emails claiming that image files uploaded to the Box cloud service have been damaged, luring to click on a link that lands them on a spam webpage.

The message can be quite efficient for a totally unsuspected user, but the deceit is easy to spot because of the simplicity of the text, which just informs of a number of images that have been corrupted in some way.

Apart from details on how the incident occurred or in what way have the files been damaged, just to make it look more believable and official, the source of the message reveals that the sender does not have an email registered with the cloud service.

At the end of a list of items that are supposedly damaged, there is a link claiming to take the user to them. Instead of accessing the cloud service, the link directs to a Canadian Pharmacy website (check out the domain), which, obviously, is fake.

Another weak spam attempt spotted by Christopher Boyd from Malwarebytes involves a message claiming to be from Google’s Drive storage service, and it informs that some files have been uploaded.

Luckily, the spam filters from the major webmail service providers are pretty good at detecting this sort of activity and send the entries straight to the spam folder. However, should they reach the inbox, it is recommended to refrain from clicking on the link because it could lead to malicious websites packed with aggressive forms of malware.