Politics & sports events spam issues in the 2nd quarter of 2016

In the second quarter of 2016, the average level of spam email reached 57,3% of all emails, according to the quarterly report by on the spam and phishing landscape. This is an increase of four percentage points compared to the second quarter of 2015 and one percentage point compared to the immediately preceding quarter.spam report_q2_2016_eng_18

During the previous quarter, political issues were among the most interesting issues for spammers. The upcoming US elections and presidential candidates have given crooks a good opportunity to target users. Among the "hot" themes of the quarter were the Olympic Games in Brazil, with spammers and phishers making money from the fans.

Ο Trump υπήρξε ένα από τα κύρια θέματα για την πλειοψηφία των μηνυμάτων spam που αφορούσαν την πολιτική. Σε αυτά τα email, οι sρammers περιέγραφαν στους παραλήπτες-στόχους τις μοναδικές μεθόδους που ακολούθησε ο Donald Trump για να πλουτίσει, προσκαλώντας τους να τις αντιγράψουν στις δικές τους επιχειρήσεις. Για να μάθουν περισσότερα, οι χρήστες έπρεπε να ανοίξουν το link που βρισκόταν σε αυτά τα email. Το link οδηγούσε σε ένα ψεύτικο ειδησεογραφικό site, που περιείχε ένα άρθρο σχετικά με το πώς ο Trump απέκτησε χρήματα. Για να μάθουν περισσότερα, οι χρήστες καλούνταν να συμπληρώσουν τα προσωπικά τους στοιχεία στην ηλεκτρονική φόρμα της ιστοσελίδας. Προφανώς, ο χρήστης δεν κέρδιζε χρήματα, αλλά οι ψηφιακοί εγκληματίες αποκτούσαν ευαίσθητα δεδομένα.

“Quite often spammers try to exploit important news and speculation about famous people. Donald Trump was no exception. Users should be aware of this and remain vigilant in order to mitigate the risk. We can also see that social networks are particularly attractive to spammers and phishers. If one of your friends starts behaving differently when he is around online and sends provocatively link or still does tagyou or one of your friends under suspicious publications, it is likely that his account has been violated. Do not open theselink and do not install any software that your system may indicate. Common sense can prevent almost all such "infections". Also, think again before opening attachments in emails, as the risk of "infecting" your computer is "very high", warns Daria Gudkova, Kaspersky Lab's Spam Analysis Expert.

Kaspersky Lab's Anti-Phishing System was activated 32.363.492 times on user computers. In the second quarter of 2015, the system was activated 30.807.071 times, indicating an increase of almost 5% on an annual basis. report q2 2016

Το μεγαλύτερο ποσοστό των χρηστών που επηρεάστηκαν από επιθέσεις phishing ήταν στην (20,22%), ενώ δεύτερη χώρα στη σχετική λίστα είναι η Βραζιλία (18,63%) και ακολουθεί η Αλγερία (14,3%). Αξίζει να σημειωθεί ότι το ποσοστό των χρηστών που επηρεάστηκαν κατά το δεύτερο τρίμηνο του 2015 ήταν χαμηλότερο και οι τρεις πρώτες χώρες στη σχετική κατάταξη ήταν τότε, η Βραζιλία (9,74%), η Ινδία (8,3%) και η Κίνα (7,23%). Όπως είναι φανερό, οι παραπάνω αριθμοί διπλασιάστηκαν σε ετήσια βάση.

An unusual anomaly in the circulation volume of the malignant serum was discovered during the second trimester. From 1 June to 21 June, the company's experts noticed a huge reduction in malware sram email campaigns. During this period, there was an 20 decrease in the average number of sms email messages with zip files, compared to the overall average for the quarter. At the same time, the botnet Necurs mysteriously reduced its fraudulent activities.

Kaspersky Lab experts do not have any concrete proof that these two events are connected, but it is possible. Various sources on the Internet reported that the actors behind the Necurs botnet encountered some technical issues, resulting in the της λειτουργίας του. Τα προβλήματα αυτά φαίνεται να επιλύθηκαν γρήγορα, καθώς από τις 21 Ιουνίου κι έπειτα, η κακόβουλη ροή των spam email αποκαταστάθηκε μαζί με τις λειτουργίες του botnet.

To stay safe and not fall into the trap of fraudsters, Kaspersky Lab recommends that users use common sense and be careful when online. In general, users should not on untrusted links, do not allow the installation of plugins from suspicious online sources and do not disable Anti-Phishing and Anti-Spam functions of their security solutions.

The complete report on the landscape of spam and phishing in the second quarter of 2016 is available on the website Securelist.com.

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