Threat Category: Spam and Phishing | Page 42

Today you can buy a CD containing 4.6 million UK e-mail addresses, plus software capable of e-mailing 30,000 e-mails per hour. And all for the bargain price of £29.95 – money to be sent to a PO box in London.

This reminds me of attempts in 1992 to sell collections of viruses [for research…

It’s now the end of October and we haven’t seen any serious email worm outbreaks for months.

When I sit down to think of…

2003 the year spam turned into a household word. A brief overview of the year helps us understand contemporary spam and its evolution.

Reports

According to Kaspersky, Librarian Ghouls APT continues its series of attacks on Russian entities. A detailed analysis of a malicious campaign utilizing RAR archives and BAT scripts.

Kaspersky GReAT experts uncovered a new campaign by Lazarus APT that exploits vulnerabilities in South Korean software products and uses a watering hole approach.

MysterySnail RAT attributed to IronHusky APT group hasn’t been reported since 2021. Recently, Kaspersky GReAT detected new versions of this implant in government organizations in Mongolia and Russia.

Kaspersky researchers analyze GOFFEE’s campaign in H2 2024: the updated infection scheme, new PowerModul implant, switch to a binary Mythic agent.

Spam and Phishing

E-mail address lists – legitimate service or spammer support?

The end of the Age of Worms?

2003 – Year of the Spam

Reports

Sleep with one eye open: how Librarian Ghouls steal data by night

Operation SyncHole: Lazarus APT goes back to the well

IronHusky updates the forgotten MysterySnail RAT to target Russia and Mongolia

GOFFEE continues to attack organizations in Russia

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