Spam evolution: July – September 2007
For more than a year now, spammers have been trying to master new ways of evading spam filters in order to deliver spam that promotes stocks (so-called ‘stock spam’ or ‘pump-and-dump’ spam).
While investigating an incident involving the BellaCiao .NET malware, Kaspersky researchers discovered a C++ version they dubbed “BellaCPP”.
Lazarus targets employees of a nuclear-related organization with a bunch of malware, such as MISTPEN, LPEClient, RollMid, CookieTime and a new modular backdoor CookiePlus.
Kaspersky researchers analyze 2019, 2022 and 2024 attacks attributed to Careto APT with medium to high confidence.
The report features the most significant developments relating to APT groups in Q3 2024, including hacktivist activity, new APT tools and campaigns.