The 127th edition of the Wimbledon Championships, and third Grand Slam event of the year, are coming to an end with the final being played July 7. When it comes to major sporting events we can expect large amount of gambling, and spammers take advantag…
The 127th edition of the Wimbledon Championships, and third Grand Slam event of the year, are coming to an end with the final being played July 7. When it comes to major sporting events we can expect large amount of gambling, and spammers take advantag…
このスパムメールは、7 月 4 日のイベントを前に 2013 年モデルの自動車が記録的な需要を示していると述べてユーザーを誘おうとしています。電子メールに記載されているリンクをクリックすると Web ページにリダイレクトされ、価格を比較したい自動車の種類を選択するように求められます。詳しい情報を入力すると、今度は個人情報、電子メールアドレス、支払い方法などを入力する Web ページに移動します。
独立記念日にちなんで一掃セールを謳うスパム攻撃では、以下のような件名が確認されています。
(July 4th) Independence Day Sale – Insane!((7 月 4 日)独立記念日セール – 前代未聞!)
Retrieve 4th of July Day Prices On All Cars Today(全車対象、7 月 4 日の限定価格は今日だけ!)
Every 2013 automobile is (50%-off) July 4th(2013 年モデルがどれも 50% オフ、7 月 4 日限り)
Summer Kickoff (4th of July deals start now)(夏のキックオフセール(本日より、7 月 4 日特別価格))
INCREDIBLE 4th of July Savings on New Cars in Your Area xxx!(7 月 4 日は、お近くの xxx で信じられないようなお買い得)
Independence Day in the United States is a federal holiday, commonly known as the 4th of July. It is traditionally celebrated with various political speeches, ceremonies, fireworks, and parades. Spammers are exploiting the holiday by sending numerous s…
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Contributor: Avdhoot Patil
As usual, phishers continue to focus on social networking as a platform for their phishing activities. Fake social networking applications on phishing sites are not uncommon. Phishers continue to come up with new fake applica…
Contributor: Avdhoot Patil
Digital currency, a form of electronic money, is a relatively new concept to the world. Many of these currencies have arisen during the past decade and digital currency in general has always been a subject of controversy. In …
Hospitality is the friendly bonding between the guest and host, especially efforts to make the guest feel comfortable. Spammers exploit hospitality events, and the bond between guest and host, with fake promotional offers. We are currently observing an increase in spam messages which exploit hospitality offered by major events, festivals, and concerts. The spam messages invite users to watch the events at entertaining venues happening in different places. Hospitality spam tries to entice users with bogus offers such as the following:
Luxury items
Fine dining
Champagne
VIP parking
VIP hostess service
Gambling
Q&A with sports celebrities
Large plasma screens
Figure 1. British Grand Prix hospitality spam
Figure 2. Ashes Series hospitality spam
A variety of subject lines have been observed in the hospitality spam attacks, such as the following:
Subject: VIP HOY Show hospitality
Subject: Unique opportunity to present a trophy at top event
Subject: Ringside dining action at HOY 2013
Subject: Exclusive Equine ringside action
Subject: Champagne journey to bitter grudge match
Subject: Looking for an evening of champion sport?
Subject: A unique moment to talk with the legendary Murray
Subject: 2013 Festival of Speed
Subject: Exclusive Race Day Hospitality with Murray Walker
Subject: A unique moment to talk with the legendary Murray
The “From” address associated with these hospitality spam emails include the following:
From: F1 Deals <mail@[REMOVED]>
From: Grand Prix <mail@[REMOVED]>
From: The Festival of Motoring <mail@[REMOVED]>
From: German battle <mail@[REMOVED]>
From: Horse Show <mail@[REMOVED]>
From: Top Horse Events <mail@[REMOVED]>
From: How’s that? <mail@[REMOVED]>
From: 2013 Race F1 <mail@[REMOVED]>
The main motive of these spam campaigns is to lure recipients by providing fake promotional offers and asking users to reply with questions about the event to the spam domain which is only registered for a year and hosted in the United Kingdom.
Symantec advises our readers to use caution when receiving unsolicited or unexpected emails. We are closely monitoring these spam attacks to ensure that users are kept up to date with information on the latest threats.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy 2013 is currently being held in England and Wales. The group matches are already in progress and the grand finale will be held on June 23. In the past, Symantec observed various spam emails targe…