RE: Réf. :[# 604 #] Votre compte est bloqué _{^(2024-02-23)}

Overview

Threat actors collecting PayPal, LuxTrust and credit card credentials

Explanation

This phishing involves collecting PayPal, LuxTrust and credit card credentials. The e-mail claims that Paypal’s services can no longer be offered because there is a payment problem.

The link behind (“Mettez à jour maintenant”) redirects the victim to a page where they are first asked to enter PayPal related details and then, in a second step, credit card details as well as their birth date. A single authentication method can then be selected: LuxTrust Mobile. However, the text does not match the corresponding image, which shows a LuxTrust Token. The other options such as LuxTrust Token, Scan, SmartCard, Signing Stick and eID Luxembourgeoise are missing from this phishing. Finally the victim is prompted to enter the respective authentication details (User ID, Password, OTP token).

All the steps described above have taken place on pages under the malicious domain ‘pploginacc-restorepan.homeip.net’ .

Example

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Prevention

If you are uncertain about the authenticity of an email, do not hesitate to contact the entity that seems to have sent you the email using a safe communication manner, using the phone for example (no phone number from the untrusted email must be used in order to verify the authenticity).
If you are working for the Luxembourgish government or are using any of the GOVCERT.LU services, it is important to forward phishing emails to us (using Reporting an incident or the Outlook button). This will allow us to take down phishing websites and protect members of our constituency.