Emotet Botnet Returns After Four-Month Hiatus With New Spam Campaign

The actors responsible for the Emotet botnet returned after a four-month period of inactivity with a new malspam campaign. On 16 September, SpamHaus security researcher Raashid Bhat spotted a spate of new spam emails written in Polish or German that co… Continue reading Emotet Botnet Returns After Four-Month Hiatus With New Spam Campaign

Spam Campaign Targeting German Users with Ordinypt Malware

A new spam campaign is attempting to infect German-speaking users with samples of the destructive Ordinypt malware family. According to Bleeping Computer, the campaign sent spam emails masquerading as a job application from someone named Eva Richter. T… Continue reading Spam Campaign Targeting German Users with Ordinypt Malware

Strangest Phishing Lures of 2019: From Divorce Papers to Real Estate Decoys

Proofpoint’s senior director of the threat research team discusses the strange levels that attackers are going to in order to persuade victims to click on phishing messages. Continue reading Strangest Phishing Lures of 2019: From Divorce Papers to Real Estate Decoys

U.S. Manufacturer Most Recent Target of LokiBot Malspam Campaign

A large U.S. manufacturing company is the latest organization to be targeted with the LokiBot trojan – although this most recent campaign harbored some bizarre red flags. Continue reading U.S. Manufacturer Most Recent Target of LokiBot Malspam Campaign

Fake DHL email delivers an unknown keylogger coupled with a phishing scam

I was extremely surprised to wake up this Sunday Morning to a whole slew of fake DHL delivery notice emails with a macro enabled  word doc attachment that eventually downloads some sort of Keylogger. There is some dispute as to what the actual Keylogge… Continue reading Fake DHL email delivers an unknown keylogger coupled with a phishing scam