Animations used to trick users into infecting their PCs

The latest Threat Insights Report from HP Threat Research reveals how attackers are refining campaigns with professional-looking animations and purchasable malware services. The report provides an analysis of real-world cyberattacks, helping organizations keep up with the latest techniques cybercriminals use to evade detection and breach PCs in the fast-changing cybercrime landscape. Campaigns highlighted by the report include attackers impersonating the Colombian Prosecutor’s Office emailing fake legal warnings to targets. The lure directs users to a fake government website, which displays a slick auto-scroll animation guiding targets to a ‘one-time password’, tricking them into opening the malicious password-protected archive file. Once… [Continue Reading]