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November 2019 Archives
Out of Season IRS Phishing Campaigns
Over the past two months, Akamai's threat research team has been closely monitoring a phishing campaign that impersonates the official Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website, and is requesting sensitive information, email addresses, and passwords.
Update to x86 XMR Crypto Mining Blog Post
Back in August, I wrote an article about XMR crypto mining software targeting x86/I686 systems. This is a follow-up to that original malware analysis. Previously, I discussed an attacker who, using known default login credentials, targets enterprise systems to mine the XMR cryptocurrency.
Fake Cozy Bear Group Making DDoS Extortion Demands
A group calling themselves "Cozy Bear" has been emailing various companies with an extortion letter, demanding payment and threatening targeted DDoS attacks if their demands are not met.
Phishing detection via analytic networks
As mentioned in previous Akamai blogs, phishing is an ecosystem of mostly framework developers and buyers who purchase kits to harvest credentials and other sensitive information. Like many framework developers, those focusing on phishing kits want to create an efficient attack flow on their framework, from opening an email or clicking a link on a social media post, to visiting the phishing website, to completing the attack by sharing information,