Coronavirus campaigns strike Japan. A rash of malicious emails, botnet-driven, is using coronavirus as a theme. The announcement came from IBM X-Force and Kaspersky. As the disease spreads globally, attackers see it as an opportunity and malware infections become usual.
The…
Emotet, a well-known botnet has begun sending out spam, again. About four months ago, the botnet stopped its campaigns but restarted pumping spam this morning. The emails were written in German, Polish, English and Italian users.
The users are tricked to open an attached…
Interpol managed to intercept $83 million that victims transferred to cybercriminals. The HAECHI-I operation, which targeted online fraud, involved more than 40 officers, in the Asia Pacific region. It is the first operation in a three-year project. Interpol focused on…
The Ukrainian authorities shut down one of the largest phishing services. The operation also involved authorities in the U.S. and Australia. According to them, this was one of the largest such services in the world. Hackers used it in attacks against financial…
The researchers assume that the operators of the Ryuk ransomware managed to make more than $150m, in cryptocurrency. The security specialists studied the flaw of Bitcoin to the ransomware operators.
The AdvIntel company, together with the Hyas vendor came with a report which…
Remote work seems to have increased productivity of the employees, during the pandemic. Although there were security issues and concerns regarding this way of working, more than 38% of the companies in the U.S.A. observed productivity gains. Moreover, 84% of them consider…
Greta Thunberg, the climate-change activist, became the lure in a massive global malware campaign.
Cybercriminals took advantage of the celebrity status of Greta Thunberg. Proofpoint Threat Insight unveiled that a global malicious email campaign delivering the Emotet malware…
Christmas-themed phishing lures hit users’ emails from spammers behind Emotet. According to researchers, Cofense Labs discovered the phishing emails.
The attackers are trying to gain legitimacy with subject lines such as “Christmas” or “Christmas Party”. One…
