14 DAY TRIAL // Holiday travel confirmations that come via email in some cases will hide a link that points to a malicious location instead of a real ticket.
In the United States, the days before Thanksgiving are considered to be the busiest travel days. This is why cybercrook will send a large numbers of phony emails that inform unsuspecting users of fake traveling arrangements.
Symantec came across a message that claims an airplane ticket worth $650 (455 EUR) was paid for using the recipient's credit card.
If the link that supposedly points to the ticket is clicked, the victim is taken to a website hosted in Russia that serves a piece of malware known as Trojan.Maljava, which once it lands on a system, will look for a number of vulnerabilities it can use to further infect the device.
Internet users are advised to stay clear of such emails and make sure their anti-virus software is up to date since it can protect them from many unfortunate situations.