Sep 30, 2014
Analysing the evolution of spam in August, Kaspersky Lab has seen phishing activity increase almost 1,5 times, with 32-million detections. Yahoo! was attacked so often (6,4%) that it displaced Windows Live as one of the top three organisations attacked by phishers,...
Jul 22, 2014
In June, Kaspersky Lab registered an increase in fraudulent messages sent out on behalf of booking services. These fake notifications imitate hotel or air ticket booking confirmations and usually contain Trojan spyware masked as bills for reservations.US video game...
May 14, 2014
In the first quarter of 2014 spammers started imitating messages from mobile applications. They especially like the popular mobile messengers WhatsApp, Viber and Google Hangouts: notifications purportedly sent from these applications were used to spread both malware...
Mar 26, 2014
A lot of malicious attachments in February’s spam came in e-mails allegedly sent by women who wanted to make new friends in the run-up to Valentine’s Day. Some attackers went even further by trying to hook recipients with the promise of explicit photos in...
Mar 18, 2014
When the Web was in its infancy, spam was a minor annoyance, and not much more. However, as with all other aspects of the Web, spam has evolved into something far more dangerous that is costing business enormously, in terms of bandwidth, productivity and down time....
