Trust is vital, and cybercriminals know that there’s a higher probability that you will click on a link sent by a trusted friend, not from a complete stranger.
Yesterday, one of my Facebook friends sent me a direct message indicating that his host has been compromised, and is currently being used to send links to a malicious .zip archive through direct messages to all of his Facebook friends.
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Over the past 24 hours, cybercriminals launched two consecutive massive email campaigns, impersonating Intui Payroll’s Direct Deposit Service system, in an attempt to trick end and corporate users into clicking on the malicious links found in the mails.
Upon clicking on any of links found in the emails, users are exposed to the client-side exploits served by the latest version of the Black Hole exploit kit.
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KLM customers, beware!
Cybercriminals are currently spamvertising millions of legitimate-looking emails, in an attempt to trick current and prospective KLM customers into executing the malicious attachment found in the email.
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In an attempt to trick users into getting themselves infected with malware, cybercriminals are currently spamvertising millions of emails impersonating Facebook.
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Over the past 24 hours, cybercriminals launched yet another massive spam campaign, this time impersonating American Airlines in an attempt to trick its customers into clicking on a malicious link found in the mail. Upon clicking on the link, users are exposed to the client-side exploits served by the Black Hole Exploit Kit v2.0
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Over the past week, cybercriminals have been spamvertising millions of emails impersonating Amazon.com in an attempt to trick customers into thinking that they’ve received a Shipping Confirmation for a Vizio XVT3D04, HD 40-Inch 720p 100 Hz Cinema 3D LED-LCD HDTV FullHD and Four Pairs of 3D Glasses.
Once users click on any of the links found in the malicious email, they’re automatically exposed to the client-side exploits served by the latest version of the Black Hole Exploit kit.
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Cybercriminals are currently spamvertising millions of emails impersonating Google’s YouTube team, in an attempt to trick end and corporate users into executing the malicious attachment found in the email. Upon execution, the samples opens a backdoor on the affected host, allowing full access to the targeted host by the cybercriminals behind the campaign.
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Over the past 24 hours, cybercriminals spamvertised millions of email addresses, impersonating UPS, in an attempt to trick end users into viewing the malicious .html attachment. Upon viewing, the file loads a tiny iFrame attempting to serve client-side exploit served by the latest version of the Black Hole Exploit kit, which ultimately drops malware on the affected host.
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Cybercriminals are currently spamvertising millions of emails, impersonating Vodafone Europe, in an attempt to trick their customers into executing the malicious file attachment found in the email.
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For years, cybercriminals have been trying to capitalize on the multi-billion dollar PC gaming market. From active development of game cracks and patches aiming to bypass the distribution protection embedded within the games, to today’s active data mining of a botnet’s infected population looking for gaming credentials in an attempt to resell access to this asset, cybercriminals are poised to capitalize on this market.
What are some current trends within this market segment, and how are today’s modern cybercriminals monetizing the stolen accounting data belonging to gamers internationally? Pretty simple – by automating the data mining process and monetizing the results in the form of E-shops selling access to these stolen credentials.
In this post, I’ll profile a recently launched Russian service selling access to compromised Steam accounts.
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Largely relying on sophisticated and legitimate-looking phishing campaigns, next to active data mining of a botnet’s infected population, today’s cybercriminals are in a perfect position to monetize these fraudulently obtained assets in the form of compromised accounts.
From compromised social networking accounts, to direct access to compromised servers and desktop PCs, the market segment has been steadily growing over the past couple of months.
In this post I’ll profile a newly launched cybercrime-friendly E-shop selling access to compromised accounts belonging primarily to PayPal users, but also, compromised accounts belonging to Apple, Walmart, Ebay and Skype users.
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Are you in London next week?
If so, don’t forget to attend my presentation at this year’s RSA Europe conference, hosted in the magnificent Hilton Metropole Hotel.
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