Category Archives: Spam Emails

Why Crowdsourced Security is Devastating to Threat Actors

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Almost every day, my spouse and I have a conversation about spam. Not the canned meat, but the number of unwelcomed emails and text messages we receive. He gets several nefarious text messages a day, while I maybe get one a week. Phishing emails come in waves — right now, I’m getting daily warnings that […]

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Phishing Attacks Are Top Cyber Crime Threat, Easier Than Ever to Create and Deploy

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Why is one of cyber crime’s oldest threats still going strong? The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) reports that January 2021 marked an unprecedented high in the APWG’s records, with over 245,771 phishing attacks in one month. IBM X-Force’s 2021 Threat Intelligence Index found that phishing led to 33% of cyber attacks organizations had to deal […]

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COVID-19 Cybercrime Capitalizing on Brazil’s Government Assistance Program

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IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS) has been tracking cybercrime capitalizing on the coronavirus pandemic since January, and has observed the geographical areas of this activity shift over time. In February, cybercriminals were focusing on Asia, and we observed threat actors targeting potential victims in Japan with coronavirus-related phishing lures. In mid-March and […]

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How Growing Businesses Should Tackle Cybersecurity Challenges

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When we think about the most public cyber attacks and data breaches, we generally associate them with large enterprises. The truth is cyber attacks are not limited by company size. A significant cyber attack can happen to any company, in any industry and of any size. According to the 2019 Cost of a Data Breach […]

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TrickBot Campaigns Targeting Users via Department of Labor FMLA Spam

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Recent analysis from IBM X-Force spam traps uncovered a new Trickbot campaign that currently targets email recipients with fake messages purporting to come from the U.S. Department of Labor.

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New Study Shows Consumers Could Be Vulnerable to COVID-19 Spam

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Since March 11, IBM X-Force has observed a more than 6,000 percent increase in COVID-19 spam, with lures ranging the full gamut of challenges and concerns facing individuals.

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Emotet Activity Rises as It Uses Coronavirus Scare to Infect Targets in Japan

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IBM X-Force has identified a spam campaign targeting users in Japan that employs the Coronavirus scare as a lure to encourage people to open malicious emails.

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The Many Faces of Necurs: How the Botnet Spewed Millions of Spam Emails for Cyber Extortion

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IBM X-Force researchers observed the Necurs botnet spewing millions of spam emails from more than 30,000 malicious IPs to extort bitcoin from victims who may or may not have viewed adult content.

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June’s Cybersecurity Recap: The Evolving Cybersecurity Career Pathway

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In June’s security news, IT experts and educators around the world worked to create a new cybersecurity career pathway through initiatives designed to alleviate the industrywide skills shortage.

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Goal! Spam Campaigns Capitalize on the World Cup Craze

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IBM X-Force researchers observed several ongoing spam campaigns tied to the World Cup — many of which used the official branding of tournament sponsors to lure victims.

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