Comments on: Spamvertised ‘US Airways reservation confirmation’ themed emails serve exploits and malware

By: Malicious ‘BBC Daily Email’ Cyprus bailout themed emails lead to Black Hole Exploit Kit | Webroot Threat Blog - Internet Security Threat Updates from Around the World

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:07:43 +0000

[...] We’ve seen (202.29.5.195) in the following previously profiled malicious campaign “Cybercriminals resume spamvertising ‘Re: Fwd: Wire Transfer’ themed emails, serve client-side exploits and malware“. We’ve also seen (203.113.98.131) in the following assessment “Spamvertised ‘US Airways reservation confirmation’ themed emails serve exploits and malware“. [...]

By: ‘Please confirm your U.S Airways online registration’ themed emails lead to Black Hole Exploit Kit « Webroot Threat Blog – Internet Security Threat Updates from Around the World

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:00:45 +0000

[...] verifications were a popular social engineering theme for cybercriminals. On numerous occasions, we intercepted related campaigns attempting to trick customers into clicking on malicious links, which ultimately [...]

By: Multiple ‘Inter-company’ invoice themed campaigns serve malware and client-side exploits « Webroot Threat Blog – Internet Security Threat Updates from Around the World

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:35:39 +0000

[...] We’ve already seen malware analyzed in previous campaigns phoning back to the same URL, indicating that these campaigns have been launched by the same party – “Cybercriminals spamvertise bogus ‘Microsoft License Orders’ serve client-side exploits and malware“; “Spamvertised ‘US Airways reservation confirmation’ themed emails serve exploits and malware“. [...]