{"id":388,"date":"2017-10-13T10:17:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T10:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esolutions.lt\/blog\/?p=388"},"modified":"2018-07-03T12:29:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T12:29:29","slug":"cybercrime-trends-fall-2017-what-cyber-threats-can-you-meet-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esolutions.lt\/blog\/cybercrime-trends-fall-2017-what-cyber-threats-can-you-meet-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybercrime trends Fall 2017: what cyber threats can you meet online?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Be aware of ransomware: your files are still in danger<\/span><\/h2>\n

Recently, Europol announced that ransomware is the most powerful cyber threat among all. Thus, this autumn user should be prepared for data-encrypting virus attacks. One of these threats is a new version of Locky<\/a>; and we are not talking about Lukitus<\/a> and Ykcol<\/a> variants. <\/span><\/p>\n

In October 2017, researchers discovered Asasin<\/a> – a new example of Locky that spreads via corrupted email attachments. If it finds the way into the computer, there\u2019s no way to get back your files.<\/span><\/p>\n

The BTCWare<\/a> family also continues to grow up. At the beginning of October, BTCWare PayDay ransomware<\/a> version has been noticed spreading and asking to pay the ransom. Thus, it\u2019s time to backup to avoid possible damage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Facebook scammers allure victims with free iPhone X<\/span><\/h2>\n

Virtual life on the biggest social network is not simple and calm. The new wave of Facebook virus<\/a> spread a scam aiming at Apple fans and those who are in desperate need to get the latest iPhone model for free.<\/span><\/p>\n

Numerous fake pages were created on Facebook and Instagram to attract users to participate in iPhone\u2019s giveaway<\/a>. Undoubtedly, no one is going to give free Apple phones. The purpose of this scam is to collect a bunch of sensitive information about users. In order to participate in such contest, people are asked to verify their Facebook accounts, enter the full name or contact details. <\/span><\/p>\n

Scam posts might also redirect to suspicious pages and shows numerous ads. Therefore, naive users can end up on a malicious website until he or she ends up on a phishing site. Thus, this autumn you should not forget that too-good-to-be-true offers are always created by criminals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Malvertising attacks become bigger and more sophisticated<\/span><\/h2>\n

It seems that malvertising became a new sweet spot for cyber criminals. This autumn crooks launched two massive campaigns to spread malware-laden ads. At the beginning of October, the legit Taboola advertising platform was hacked.<\/span><\/p>\n

Malicious Taboola ads<\/a> were noticed on msn.com website. They redirected to a tech support scam website that warned about \u201charmful virus\u201d and asked to call a toll-free phone number to Microsoft technicians. Indeed, there\u2019s nothing unique about this scam example.<\/span><\/p>\n

Later KovCoreG group showed that they are capable of hacking another legit ad-services. This hackers team aimed at one of the most popular and most visited websites – Pornhub. However, this time criminals used a sophisticated attack which targeted users by their location and used browser.<\/span><\/p>\n

People from the US, Canada, the UK and Australia who visited this porn site using Chrome or Firefox were asked to install a critical update. Meanwhile, Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer users were tricked by fake Adobe Flash Player update. In this way, cyber criminals tricked millions of users<\/a> to install Kovter<\/a> click fraud adware. Thus, being careful with ads this fall is more than important.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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