New TrickBot version targets North American banking customers
TrickBot payload is inserted into a malicious MS Excel document, attached to a phishing email that pretends to be from a North American bank
Spam and phishing
Bomb threat crooks used GoDaddy vulnerability to hijack popular domains
Hackers responsible for the bomb threat campaign manage to hijack a big number of well-known domains As we guess, you have already heard about
“Love you” malspam campaign has been modified to target Japan
“Love letter” spam campaign returns just before Valentine's Day “Love Letter” spam campaign is based on phishing tactics that include emails from malicious actors filled
Hackers combine ransomware and PayPal phishing to acquire personal data
The in-development ransomware uses PayPay phishing page to make users enter their credit card details MalwareHunterTeam discovered a new type of ransomware that tries
PayPal phishing scam promoted on Twitter asked for personal details
The scamming message from alleged PayPal showed up on users' timeline as a promoted tweet While Twitter and PayPal scams during the Christmas period
A new Bitcoin scam: bomb threats wreak panic in the US
The FBI and the police across the US say people should not panic It seems like cybercriminals behind sextortion scams decided to go for
Indian police raids 26 call centers: arrests 63 tech support scammers
The arrests were made after Microsoft officially complained to the officials The police of New Delhi conducted 26 call centers raids and arrested 63 people
Phishing attempts against UK students seek to steal banking data
UK students are facing phishing attempts mimicking tax refund emails Nowadays, when extortion spam and different scams keep tricking users worldwide, Her Majesty’s Revenue and
Bitcoin scammers use fake Elon Musk’s Twitter account to steal $170k
Hackers took over verified accounts and changed the name to Elon Musk to promote Bitcoin scam Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is one of
Scammers preparing for Christmas – beware of the fake DHL parcel emails
Experts warn about email scams mimicking DHL shipment notifications According to the MailGuard's report, scammers have started spreading fake emails mimicking DHL notifications about
Sextortion scams: researchers reveal numbers behind the attacks
Sextortion scam is a successful business for bad actors Security experts at Cisco Talos released a research report detailing the two recent campaigns of
Facebook hoax: scam messages claim account compromise
The fake warning spreads in a form of a private message on Facebook Many Facebook users started to panic and rushed messaging their friends
Numerous mobile users tricked to provide personal data
A phishing site promoting free flights tricked numerous users into revealing personal details Recently, Farsight Security announced a newly-discovered phishing campaign which included dubious sites
AdvisorsBot: downloader targets large-scale restaurants and hotels
Researchers discovered AdvisorsBot modular downloader which is distributed via malspam campaigns Cybersecurity researchers at Proofpoint have discovered an undocumented downloader which is called AdvisorsBot
Beware of malspam campaigns spreading ransomware viruses
Cybersecurity researchers spotted active spam campaigns pushing infamous ransomware viruses According to the cybersecurity experts, there is an active malspam campaign distributing dangerous ransomware