By Dancho Danchev
LinkedIn users, watch what you click on!
Over the past 24 hours, cybercriminals have launched yet another massive spam campaign, impersonating LinkedIn, in an attempt to trick its users into clicking on the malicious links found in the bogus “Invitation Notification” themed emails. Once they click on the links, users are automatically exposed to the client-side exploits served by the Black Hole Exploit Kit.
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By Dancho Danchev
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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By Dancho Danchev
Certified public accountants, beware what you click on!
Cybercriminals are currently spamvertising millions of emails impersonating AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) in an attempt to trick users into clicking on the client-side exploits and malware serving links found in the emails.
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By Dancho Danchev
Not fearing prosecution, cybercriminals regularly impersonate law enforcement online in an attempt to socially engineer end users and corporate users into interacting with their malicious campaigns. From 419 scams, police ransomware, to law enforcement themed malware-serving email campaigns, cybercriminals continue abusing the international branches of various law enforcement agencies.
In this post, I’ll profile a currently spamvertised malware-serving campaign, indicating that the user has “violated red light traffic signal” and that he should download the fake camera recording of his vehicle attached to the email.
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By Dancho Danchev
Cybercriminals are currently spamvertising millions of emails impersonating the popular Craigslist site, in an attempt to trick users into clicking on client-side exploits and malware serving URLs courtesy of the Black Hole exploit kit.
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By Dancho Danchev
Globetrotters, beware of these malicious emails!
Cybercriminals are currently spamvertising millions of emails impersonating Booking.com, in an attempt to trick end and corporate users into downloading and executing the malicious archive attached to the emails.
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By Dancho Danchev
Cybercriminals are currently spamvertising millions of emails impersonating Intuit, in an attempt to trick end and corporate users into clicking on the malicious links found in the emails.
The emails pretend to be coming from Intuit’s PaymentNetwork and acknowledge the arrival of an incoming payment. In reality though, they redirect users to a Black Hole exploit kit landing URLs where client-side exploits are served, and ultimately malware is dropped on the infected hosts.
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