Spam and phishing in 2020

guest · May 29, 2020

Spam and phishing in Q1 2020
May 26, 2020
https://securelist.com/spam-and-phishing-in-q1-2020/97091/

Conclusion
Glancing at the results of Q1 2020, we anticipate that the COVID-19 topic will continue to be actively used by cybercriminals for the foreseeable future. To attract potential victims, the pandemic will be mentioned even on “standard” fake pages and in spam mailings.

The topic is also used extensively in fraudulent schemes offering compensation and material assistance.
It is highly likely that this type of fraud will become more frequent.
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The average share of spam in global mail traffic (54.61%) this quarter decreased by 1.58 p.p. against the previous reporting period, while the number of attempted redirects totaled nearly 120 million.

Top of this quarter’s list of spam-source countries is Russia, with a share of 20.74%. Our security solutions blocked 49,562,670 malicious mail attachments, while the most common mail-based malware family, with a 12.35% share of mail traffic, was Trojan.Win32.Agentb.gen.
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guest · Aug 7, 2020

Spam and phishing in Q2 2020
August 7, 2020
https://securelist.com/spam-and-phishing-in-q2-2020/97987/

Conclusion
In our summary of the first quarter, we hypothesized that COVID-19 would remain spammers’ and fishers’ key theme in the future. That is exactly what happened: seldom did a mailshot fail to mention the pandemic as phishers added relevance to their tried and tested schemes and came up with brand-new ones.

The average share of spam in global email traffic in Q2 2020 dropped by 4.43 p.p. to 50.18 percent compared to the previous reporting period, and attempts to access phishing pages amounted to 106 million.
First place in the list of spam sources in Q2 went to Russia with a share of 18.52 percent. Our security solutions blocked a total of 43,028,445 malicious email attachments, with the most widespread “email-specific” malware family being Trojan.Win32.Agentb.gen, which infected 13.33 percent of the total email traffic.
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guest · Nov 12, 2020

Spam and phishing in Q3 2020
November 12, 2020
https://securelist.com/spam-and-phishing-in-q3-2020/99325/

Conclusion
The COVID-19 topic, which appeared in Q1 this year, is still in play for spammers and phishers. In our view, the so-called second wave could lead to a surge in mailings offering various coronavirus-related treatments. Moreover, against the backdrop of the worsening economic situation, we could see a rise in the number of scam mailings promising a big payout in exchange for a small upfront sum.

The average share of spam in global mail traffic (48.91%) this quarter decreased by 1.27 p.p. against the previous reporting period, while the number of attempted redirects totaled nearly 103 million.
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First place in the list of spam-source countries in Q3 again went to Russia, with a share of 23.52%. Our security solutions blocked 51,025,889 malicious attachments; the most popular malware family in spam mailings was Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Agensla, with a 12.67% share of mail traffic.
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Minimalist · Aug 5, 2021

Spam and phishing in Q2 2021

In Q2 2021, corporate accounts continued to be one of the most tempting targets for cybercriminals. To add to the credibility of links in emails, scammers imitated mailings from popular cloud services. This technique has been used many times before. A fake notification about a Microsoft Teams meeting or a request to view an important document traditionally takes the victim to a phishing login page asking for corporate account credentials.
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https://securelist.com/spam-and-phishing-in-q2-2021/103548/

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