Spam and phishing in 2021
Figures of the year In 2021: 45.56% of e-mails were spam 24.77% of spam was sent from Russia with another 14.12% from Germany Our Mail Anti-Virus blocked 148 173 261 malicious attachments sent in e-mails The...
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An analysis of the life cycle of phishing and scam pages
According to a study by Kaspersky, the classification of links based on the number of hours the pages survived shows the bulk of phishing pages were only active for less than 24 hours. click...
The life cycle of phishing pages
Introduction In this study, we analyzed how long phishing pages survive as well as the signs they show when they become inactive. In addition to the general data, we provided a number of options...
Black Friday 2021: How to Have a Scam-Free Shopping Day
Fact 1: cybercriminals love to exploit big holidays for personal gain. Case in point: we’re already seeing scams targeting World Cup fans more than a year out from the event. Fact 2: the retail...
Spam and phishing in Q3 2021
Quarterly highlights Scamming championship: sports-related fraud This summer and early fall saw some major international sporting events. The delayed Euro 2020 soccer tournament was held in June and July, followed by the equally delayed Tokyo...
Spam and phishing in Q2 2021
Quarterly highlights The corporate sector In Q2 2021, corporate accounts continued to be one of the most tempting targets for cybercriminals. To add to the credibility of links in emails, scammers imitated mailings from popular...
Spam and phishing in Q1 2021
Quarterly highlights Banking phishing: new version of an old scheme In Q1 2021, new banking scams appeared alongside ones that are more traditional. Clients of several Dutch banks faced a phishing attack using QR...
Phishers Piggyback on Phishing Kits to Expand Their Activities
Compiled with a set of JavaScript functions, the novel toolkit dubbed LogoKit enables cybercriminals to change logos and text on a phishing page in real-time. Click here for image source link and to read...
Spam and phishing in Q3 2020
Quarterly highlights Worming their way in: cybercriminal tricks of the trade These days, many companies distribute marketing newsletters via online platforms. In terms of capabilities, such platforms are quite diverse: they send out advertising...
GravityRAT: The spy returns
Apart from the use of electronic signatures to feign legitimacy, the principal modification found in the new GravityRAT campaign is support for multiple platforms apart from Home windows, these kinds of as Android and...
