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Tag Archives: malware
The Many Faces of Emotet
You’ve probably heard the recent news of Microsoft’s attempt to take down the Trickbot botnet. An interesting correlation with this event (though perhaps not directly related..) is the sudden uptick of Emotet email spam shortly after the Microsoft news hit. … Continue reading
Posted in Informative
Tagged botnet, Emotet, malware, spam, spam trends, spammer, spoof, trickbot
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Trends in Networks: Spam #2
In last week’s article we covered Freenom domains and how they are used in Digital Ocean snowshoe spam campaigns. Let’s see what kind of activity has been coming from Digital Ocean over the past week. While not a Freenom TLD, … Continue reading
Posted in Informative
Tagged AgentTesla, digital ocean, domain, freenom, freenom tld, keylogger, malware, RAT, Snowshoe spam, spam, spammer, tld, top level domain
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Spam Analysis: Markings of an Emotet Phishing Email
On January 2020 researchers have reported that the Emotet botnet is back in action after taking a Christmas break. Following this we’ve seen an increase in spam volume. One of the main attack vectors of the Emotet botnet is email … Continue reading
Posted in Informative, Uncategorized
Tagged botnet, Emotet, malware, phishing, social engineering, spam
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The Lingering Consequences of a Compromised Email Account
Ever have your email account hacked? Did it send spam to everyone on your mailing list, everyone you have ever communicated with through email? If you’ve simply recovered your account and changed your password, it might not be over… Hackers … Continue reading
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Tagged BEC, business email compromise, compromised accounts, fake invoice, fake order, hacked email, hackers, malspam, malware, spam
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Catphish Warming Up Our Holiday Inbox
As the days grow colder and the holidays draw near, Spammers have been ramping up their Catphishing campaigns. From displaying fake pictures to writing sweet nothings, they’ll do whatever it takes to get into the minds of their lonely victims. … Continue reading
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Tagged catphish, cloud storage drive, malware, selfies, spam, twitter
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Large File Size Spammers
Normally, spammers tend to rely on very small spam messages because their goal is to get as many spam messages out as cheaply as possible. They also save on bandwidth costs this way. But with more and more hosting companies … Continue reading