Spam
After months of hiatus, the notorious malware EMOTET has resumed its spam operations with a mixture of old and new techniques. Discovered in 2014, EMOTET began as a banking trojan that steals victims' credentials and information.
Read moreEarly in 2023, there started a rise of malware campaigns that used and abused Microsoft's Note-taking Application, OneNote. One of the malware families that took advantage of this time is QAKBOT, a banking trojan that is known for being a conduit for delivering other payload into a victim's device.
Read moreA new malspam campaign has been discovered delivering Aurora Stealer through inquiries targeting Hotel Companies. Aurora Stealer is an information-stealer with remote access capabilities.
Read moreWe observed a spam campaign that has been using Microsoft-related templates such as Office 365 and SharePoint notifications to spread new malware since September 2021. Along with usual lures like COVID-19, these spam emails trick users to open malicious HTML attachments or click malicious links, both of redirects unwitting users to download a malicious XLS file.
Read moreAs the pandemic continues to rage across the world, supermarkets adapted to create their own online delivery platforms to meet their customers' needs. One particular service is the Instacart, a US-based grocery company that operates a delivery and pick up service.
Read moreScammers are targeting video conference apps users as they try to lure victims into their schemes. In this particular spam campaign, scammers are sending messages purportedly alerting recipients on a zero-day vulnerability on the video conferencing app Zoom.
Read moreIn a campaign we observed at the beginning of September 2020, spammers have aimed to spread tech support scams via email. The spammed message, which claims to come from a senior manager at Trend Micro, purports to be an automatic debit for a Trend Micro subscription.
Read moreA new wave of bitcoin extortion spam is making its way to educational institutions. Written in Filipino, it contains a threatening message depicting how the scammer was able to hack the victim's computer and webcam through malware that can remain hidden against the victim's antivirus software.
Read moreAn observable spike of spam samples attempting to phish Wells Fargo users in June 2020. This spam campaign unusually uses .
Read moreWhile the pandemic continues to affect millions of lives, spammers have continued to use COVID-19 as subject to lure recipients. In a campaign we have observed from March to June 2020, spammers aimed to spread Lemon Duck cryptocurrency-mining malware.
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