Spam

Cybercriminals are leveraging the new digital currency, Bitcoin as a social engineering lure to steal actual money from various users. The spammed message found, bore the subject, Bitcoin: The Easiest Way to Become a Millionaire In 30 Days Flat and encouraged users to install a software for Bitcoin.
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Following the discovery of Heartbleed OpenSSL vulnerability, some sites resorted to telling the Internet population to be wary of any of their online accounts. Since the Heartbeat Extension, the OpenSSL extension first introduced in late 2011, is being used by many websites and software, abuse of the vulnerability can make private information viewable.
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Social engineering finds its way to greet you with coffee in this spammed message. The message purports to be coming from the coffee chain Starbucks, and entices the user to open the email by telling the recipient that it is a gift from a friend.
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Despite being released in 2001, Windows XP remains a popular OS for users. According to reports, the OS still has around 30% of the user market share.
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Cybercriminals are now using a new technique to lure potential victims - they are now attaching spam emails inside spam emails while taking advantage of names of known banks, such as Lloyds Bank, National Westminster Bank (NatWest), and Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo has been used in a Blackhole Exploit kit (BHEK) spam run in the past.
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When news of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was reported earlier this month, many people were bewildered and shocked. A number of speculations have been the topic of discussion in news as well as in social media.
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Game enthusiasts and fans of Grand Theft Auto need to be wary of the latest spam run we spotted, which capitalized on the said game. We recently found spammed messages that pretend as an invitation for beta testing the popular game, Grand Auto Theft V on Windows platform.
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Facebook has recently announced its acquisition of popular application, WhatsApp. Spammers are quick to leverage this news and create spammed messages that lead to a malware.
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Pharmaceutical spam isn't necessarily a malicious type of spam, but there exists the potential for them to lead to malicious or scam sites, so we always advise users to keep clear of them. This time is no different, as we spotted a new batch of samples that purported themselves to be urgent notifications from sites of general interest, such as Facebook, Youtube and Instagram.
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With the boom of messaging apps, it's inevitable that cybercriminals will hop on the bandwagon and take advantage of the craze for their own ill-gotten purposes. This has been proven true, as we've received samples of spam messages purporting themselves to be official notifications from popular messaging app LINE.
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