Spam and phishing in 2020

Figures of the year In 2020: The share of spam in email traffic amounted to 50.37%, down by 6.14 p.p. from 2019. Most spam 21.27% originated in Russia. Kaspersky solutions detected a total of 184,435,643 malicious attachments. The email antivirus was triggered most frequently by email messages...

Password choice

Introduction We’ve been advocates of regular password auditing for years. Over that time, we’ve noticed that password choice is not only very personal, but hugely influenced by current events, trends, and even what’s sat on your desk. Its given us a unique opportunity to see these common influenc...

Threat Source newsletter for July 30, 2020

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. Adversaries love to use headlines as part of their spam campaigns. From COVID-19, to Black Lives Matter and even Black Friday every year, the bad guys are wanting to capitalize on current events. Why is this the case, and when do...

Royal Baby Spam Campaign Leads to Black Hole-Infected Site

Everyone loves babies, especially magical royal ones who are destined to pull a sword from a stone. As it turns out, the baby admiring demographic also includes spammers, who are using the current frenzy over the birth of Prince William and Duchess Kate’s baby boy to direct victims to a site...

Web, E-mail and Facebook Exploit Osama bin Laden's Death

Spammers have jumped on Sunday’s news of the death of Osama bin Laden, lacing new spam e-mail runs and search engine optimized Web pages with news of the Al Qaeda chief’s demise at the hands of U.S. special forces. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab began detecting spam e-mail campaigns and search engi...