Collaborate Disseminate
Every day we intercept numerous file-download commands sent to bots of various types and families. Here we present the results of our botnet activity analysis for H2 2017 and H1 2018. Continue reading What are botnets downloading?
Starting in early July, we have seen malicious spam activity that has targeted corporate mailboxes. Messages discovered so far contain an attachment with an .iso extension, which Kaspersky Lab solutions detect as Loki Bot. Continue reading Loki Bot: On a hunt for corporate passwords
Every year, vast numbers of people around the globe relish the delightful prospect of filling out tax returns, applying for tax refunds, etc. Given that tax authorities and their taxpayers are moving online, it’s no surprise to find cybercriminals hard on their heels. Continue reading Tax refund, or How to lose your remaining cash
Lately we have been noticing an opposite tendency occurring quite often, wherein fraud becomes personalized and spammers invent new methods to persuade the recipient that the message is addressed personally to him. Thus, in the malicious mailing that we discovered last month, spammers used the actual postal addresses of the recipients in messages to make them seem as credible as possible. Continue reading Personalized Spam and Phishing
Whilst sitting and working in the South African office I receive an email from my Swedish ISP. I quickly look at it and there is something that doesn’t add up. The email states that I need to pay my invoice, but I never receive electronic invoices from this company. Continue reading An increase of sophisticated phishing attacks in Sweden
Olympic threats designed to trick you Are you planning to visit Brazil during the Olympic Games? Or watch it online? In this blog post we discuss the threats to visitors aiming to travel to Brazil to watch the games and… Read Full Article Continue reading IT threats during the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil
Back in 2015, a year before the Olympics in Rio, we registered fake notifications of lottery wins allegedly organized by the country’s government and the International Olympic Committee. Similar emails continue to be sent in 2016. Continue reading The Rio Olympics: Scammers Already Competing
Major football tournaments such as the World Cup and the European Championship, traditionally attract a lot of spammer activity. Euro 2016 will be held this summer in France, and it’s not only the fans and players who are getting ready but also Internet fraudsters. The latter have started sending out fake notifications about lottery wins dedicated to the upcoming tournament. Continue reading Spammers all geared up for Euro 2016!