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Tag Archives: photos

more Japanese language “photos” malspam delivers malware

My Online Security Posted on 10 April 2017 8:50 am by Myonlinesecurity10 April 2017 8:50 am  

Looks like we are back to Japanese malspam today with  an email with the subject of 写真 ( photo)  coming or pretending to come from random companies, names and email addresses with a semi-random named zip attachment   which delivers malware which looks like Ursnif banking Trojan I don’t suppose many UK or other non Japanese speaking  recipients are going to be stupid enough to actually download and open the zip and run the malware inside it, but sadly experience tells us that the most unlikely, unbelievable and illogical email lures always get the highest return. I can only assume that “curiosity really … Continue reading →

Posted in EXE-in-ZIP, Malware, Spam | Tagged Japanese language malspam, malware, photos, scam, spam | Leave a reply

Photos from Georgia delivers Dridex banking Trojan

My Online Security Posted on 24 March 2017 12:07 pm by Myonlinesecurity24 March 2017 12:07 pm 1

Dridex is getting back into the full swing of things again, now the Necurs botnet is back working fully.  We are still not seeing the full volume of malware we have been used to seeing, but it is coming in steadily. They have gone back to an old favourite with an email pretending to be from some girl with a simple message saying photos and a simple body content saying last 2. I have only seen 1 copy so far and mine said it came from Georgia. I am pretty sure that almost any girls name will be used, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Malware, Spam | Tagged dridex, Macro, photos, spam, vbs | 1 Reply




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