Spam and Phishing

A few days ago, the latest VBSpam results were published. The testing, conducted by Virus Bulletin in August, saw Kaspersky Linux Mail Security 8.0 detect 99.93% of all the spam messages used in the test. This is a new record for Kaspersky of which we are very proud (if the number of congratulatory emails flying

The percentage of spam in email traffic was down 1.6 percentage points from July and averaged 70.2%

This year’s first registered mass mailing dedicated to the new iPhone came from a Chinese company that has decided to fill this niche.

The Internet knows no borders, but according to our data, cybercrime has specific ‘geographical features’.

The percentage of spam in email traffic was down 0.1 percentage points and averaged 71.8%. Malicious files were found in 4.4% of emails, a 50% increase compared to the previous month.

In Q2 of 2012, the share of spam in mail traffic was down 2.3 percentage points compared to the previous quarter, averaging 74.3%. Asia and Latin America remain the most prominent sources of spam.

I’m pretty sure that most of you guys know about the recent phone scam which is circulating right now. They have been calling a lot of people in countries such as Germany, Sweden, the UK and probably more. The scam is pretty simple; they pretend to be from a department within Microsoft which has received indications that your computer is infected with some malware. Finally i just got fed up with them calling all the time so to thought id do something about it.

Currently, the whole world has its eyes glued to TV screens watching the London 2012 Olympic Games. Worldwide interest on this event is so strong that cyber criminals were quick to take advantage of this opportunity and launched multiple campaigns promoting alleged paid online TV programming that would allow users to see live broadcasts of the Olympic Games via the Internet.

The amount of spam in email traffic decreased by 1.9 percentage points compared to May and averaged 71.9%

There are just 11 days to go until the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games in London. With the games fast approaching, now’s a good time for us to issue a gentle reminder about security.

The amount of spam in email traffic decreased by 3.4 percentage points compared to April and averaged 73.8%

Summer 2012 will be packed with sporting events. This week sees the Euro 2012 football championship kick off in Poland and Ukraine.

It seems that development of the main module of SpyEye stopped with last autumn’s version 1.3.48. But just because the authors are not developing this platform further, it doesn’t mean that SpyEye is no longer getting new functions. The core code allows anyone to create and attach their own plugins (DLL libraries). I recently spotted a new plugin for the first time – flashcamcontrol.dll. It turned out that it is used to control the webcam of an infected computer.

The percentage of spam in email traffic was up 2.2 percentage points from March and averaged 77.2%.

Brazil is finally on the way of new cybercrime legislation, at the same time Carolina Dieckmann, a famous Brazilian actress, recently became the victim of cyber attacks that allowed cybercriminals to steal personal property – nude pictures of her- from her computer.