Threat Category: Spam and Phishing | Page 39

On June 7th, 2006, breaking news appeared on Analyst’s Diary, the Kaspersky Lab weblog: “New Gpcode with a 660 bit key…cracked by Kaspersky Lab!”

Hi-tech phishing at the Academy of Armoured Force “Engenering”, in China.

Police have been investigating a case of cyber blackmail here in the UK. It appears to be an isolated incident. Nevertheless, it highlights the growing trend we’ve been tracking during the last year.

Sadly, it looks as though Greater Manchester Police, the police force in question will not be…

Kaspersky Lab’s latest monthly analysis of the Kaspersky Online Scanner reveals two of the most common Trojans remain in the Top Ten

The encrypted script in the script that runs the applet that loads the trojan…

There’s been a lot of media interest in the demise of Blue Security, the Israeli company which launched antispam campaigns in 2005.

Retrial for teenage cyber vandal

419 spam purporting to be from Russia

Mass mailers profit from missing persons

The Brazilian police is reporting that they have arrested 55 people belonging to a phishing gang.

Solving the virus naming mess – not an easy task

This latest report continues Kaspersky Lab’s series of quarterly reports on malware and cyber threat evolution.

Strange results and a mystery solved

Latest attack provoked by bank’s marketing campaign?

This latest report continues Kaspersky Lab’s sequence of quarterly reports on malware and cyber threat evolution.

Reports

In this article, we discuss the tools and TTPs used in the SideWinder APT’s attacks in H2 2024, as well as shifts in its targets, such as an increase in attacks against the maritime and logistics sectors.

Kaspersky researchers analyze EAGERBEE backdoor modules, revealing a possible connection to the CoughingDown APT actor.

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.

Spam and Phishing

Blackmailer: the story of Gpcode

Phishing extreme

Cyber blackmail in the UK

Online Scanner Top Twenty for May 2006

A malware matrioshka

The demise of Blue Security

Retrial for teenage cyber vandal

419s – from Russia with love

Spam – or a cry for help?

Brazil police arrest big phishing gang

CME – the good and the not-so-good

Malware Evolution: October – December 2005

Phishing – the difference an ASCII parser makes

Phishing in NL

Malware Evolution: July – September 2005

Reports

SideWinder targets the maritime and nuclear sectors with an updated toolset

EAGERBEE, with updated and novel components, targets the Middle East

BellaCPP: Discovering a new BellaCiao variant written in C++

Lazarus group evolves its infection chain with old and new malware

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