In the second quarter of 2019, scammers were making active use of cloud-based data storage services such as Google Drive and Google Storage to hide their illegal content. The reasoning behind this is simple: a link from a legitimate domain is seen Read More …
Trend Micro discovered a variant of the Trickbot banking trojan (detected by Trend Micro as TrojanSpy.Win32.TRICKBOT.THDEAI) using a redirection URL in a spam email. In this particular case, the variant used Google to redirect from the URL hxxps://google[.]dm:443/url?q=<trickbot downloader>, whereby the Read More …
As per tradition, phishing timed to coincide with lovey-dovey day was aimed at swindling valuable confidential information out of starry-eyed users, such as bank card details. The topics exploited by cybercriminals ranged from online flower shops to dating sites. But Read More …
Fresh mass-email campaigns spreading the long-running Bagle worm have recently been spotted, affecting Microsoft Windows machines. These appear to be a throwback to an earlier time. Also referred to as Beagle, Bagel contains a backdoor that listens on TCP port Read More …
The move comes a month before the November midterm elections – and at a time when all eyes are on Facebook to see how it protects against disinformation. Facebook on Thursday announced it has removed hundreds of pages and accounts Read More …
Some Gmail users have been surprised to find spam inexplicably in their Sent folders, with the messages continuing to appear even after users changed their passwords. People have been reporting on Gmail’s Help Forum that the spam to unknown contacts appears to Read More …
From past few years, spammers and cyber criminals were buying web extensions from their developers and then updating them without informing their users to inject bulk advertisements into every website user visits in order to generate large revenue. But now Read More …
Spam emails posing as Delta Air payment confirmation emails are spreading financial and banking malware to computers. According to Heimdal Security firm, a new campaign trying to get access to your financial information was noticed in the wild. Users are Read More …
The Necurs botnet is known as the largest spam botnet in the world, particularly for distributing Locky ransomware and Dridex. Now, it looks like Necurs is taking on a new role as someone tries to manipulate the stock market. The Read More …
A spam campaign Symantec observed in January 2017 targeting people who live in Germany appears to be, once again, using detailed, real personal information to enhance the believability of the messages. Victims who open the message attachments are likely to Read More …