Kaspersky Lab: While the activities of most businesses were in a lull in the heart of the summer, was noted a significant increase in the number of spam with financial content Phishing in July, according to the latter report of its experts Kaspersky Lab. Specifically, an increase of 7,9 percentage points was recorded in the number of messages spam email exploits for illicit purposes the names of reputable banks, payment services, online stores and similar organizations. As a result, these messages accounted for almost 42% of all messages Phishing. Digital criminals seemed to focus their attention more on PayPal, with reports for this service showing the most dramatic increase in the number of alerts from anti-Phishing functions of its solutions Kaspersky Lab.
The organizations that have been the most frequent goals of phishers by category - July 2014
In total, the share of messages spam in total movement of emails increased by 2,2 percentage points in July, reaching 67%. The US once again topped the list of countries of origin for spam, accounting for around one-sixth (15,3%) of all global spam shipment from that country. Russia once again takes second place in the ranking, with 5,6% of all messages spam to come from it. However, this size is smaller by 1,4 percentage points compared to June. China remains in third place, with 5,3% of volume spam worldwide.
In relation to the themes used in spam, the summer left his mark. In particular, there has been a significant increase in messages in Russia spam that they advertised products sun protection and products to deal with the heat. There was also an increase in the number of spam email referring to various "summer products" such as air conditioners, fans, sun glasses for windows, bottled water and sunglasses.
Summer also means a holiday. As everyone wants to show their best on the beach, spammers have not neglected to take advantage of this trend. So, several messages appeared spam which advertised skin care cosmetics, as well as seasonal discounts for beauty shops and beauty institutes. Her experts Kaspersky Lab they also discovered videos that were supposed to reveal "beauty secrets" by a famous stylist.
Spammers did not overlook corporate users even though business was not at its peak in July. In the middle of the summer, digital criminals specialize in the distribution of advertising emails decided to draw the attention of users of the Russian Internet with offers related to the organization of corporate events outdoors and recreational activities close to aquatic environments.
"In the summer, business activity is slowing down and spammers are turning to more lucrative actions - including some malicious missions. Thus, spam messages are increasing with a criminal target, which poses greater risks to users. In this context, we noticed in July that spammers were more interested in the financial services sector. In addition, for the first time for some time, the first place in the ranking with the most widespread malicious attachments to spam messages has captured a Trojan downloader, which usesfor the interception of sensitive data," Tatyana Shcherbakova, an analyst, commented on the July statistics spam of Kaspersky Lab.
Its full report Kaspersky Lab with spam trends in July is available at Securelist.com.
