Spamvertised BBB ‘Your Accreditation Terminated” themed emails lead to Black Hole Exploit Kit


By Dancho Danchev

Over the past week, a cybercriminal/gang of cybercriminals whose activities we’ve been actively profiling over a significant period of time, launched two separate massive spam campaigns, this time impersonating the Better Business Bureau (BBB), in an attempt to trick users into thinking that their BBB accreditation has been terminated.

Once users click on any of the links found in the malicious emails, they’re automatically exposed to the client-side exploits served by the Black Hole Exploit Kit.

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Fake BBB (Better Business Bureau) Notifications lead to Black Hole Exploit Kit


By Dancho Danchev

Cybercriminals have recently launched yet another massive spam campaign, impersonating a rather popular brand used in a decent percentage of social engineering driven email campaigns – the BBB (Better Business Bureau).

Once users click on any of the links in the malicious emails, they’re automatically exposed to the client-side exploits served by the Black Hole Exploit kit.

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Bogus Better Business Bureau themed notifications serve client-side exploits and malware


By Dancho Danchev

Cybercriminals are currently spamvertising millions of emails impersonating the Better Business Bureau (BBB), in an attempt to trick users into clicking on a link to a non-existent report. Upon clicking on the link, users are exposed to the client-side exploits served by the latest version of the Black Hole Exploit Kit.

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