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Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2018

‘Aaron Smith’ Sextortion scam campaigns hit tens of thousands of individuals

Security experts from Cisco Talos have uncovered two recent sextortion scam campaigns that appear to leverage on the Necurs botnet infrastructure. Experts from Cisco Talos analyzed the two campaigns, one of them began on August 30, the other on October 5, the researchers named them ‘Aaron Smith’ sextortion scams after the ‘From: header’ of the messages. […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 13, 2018

Necurs botnet is behind seasonal campaigns of Valentine’s Day-themed spam

Necurs botnet made headline again, the experts at IBM X-Force research team observed a spike in seasonal campaigns of Valentine’s Day-themed spam emails. Necurs botnet made headline again, the experts at IBM X-Force research team observed a spike in the activity of the infamous botnet. Necurs was not active for a long period at the beginning of 2017 and resumed it activity in April 2017. The Necurs botnet was used […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2018

Necurs botnet involved in massive ransomware campaigns at the end of 2017

The Necurs botnet made the headlines at year-end sending out tens of millions of spam emails daily as part of massive ransomware campaigns. Necurs was not active for a long period at the beginning of 2017 and resumed it activity in April. The Necurs botnet was used in the past months to push many other malware, including Locky, Jaff, GlobeImposter, Dridex , […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2017

Necurs botnet now spreading the Locky Ransomware via DDE Attacks

Operators behind Locky ransomware campaigns have switched to new attack techniques to evade detection leveraging the DDE protocol. Security experts are continuing to observe the Locky ransomware spreading via spam campaigns that rely on the Necurs botnet. Now operators behind Locky ransomware campaigns have switched to new attack techniques to evade detection. One of the new techniques adopted by the crooks is the use of […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2017

Necurs botnet is back and starts delivering the Locky ransomware

Cisco Security Team has noticed traces of traffic from the dormant Necurs botnet and they are warning of a possible new massive ransomware spam campaign. Security researchers at Cisco Security Team have noticed traces of traffic from the dormant Necurs botnet and they are warning of a possible new massive ransomware spam campaign. “The research […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2016

Necurs botnet: the resurrection of the monster and the rising of spam

Necurs botnet, the monster is resurrected. Banking Trojans and Ransomware propagated via spam is bring backing the high-volume spam campaign Botnets are like monsters that surface back after some period of inactivity, this time, the monster it the dreaded Necurs botnet. The Necurs Botnet is one of the world’s largest malicious architectures, used to spread the dreaded […]

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‘Aaron Smith’ Sextortion scam campaigns hit tens of thousands of individuals

Necurs botnet is behind seasonal campaigns of Valentine’s Day-themed spam

Necurs botnet involved in massive ransomware campaigns at the end of 2017

Necurs botnet now spreading the Locky Ransomware via DDE Attacks

Necurs botnet is back and starts delivering the Locky ransomware

Necurs botnet: the resurrection of the monster and the rising of spam

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