Japanese Attacked by Emotet Gang by Coranavirus Malware
Over the recent past, the coronavirus has made headlines in China. In an article dated 31 January 2020, the Emotet gang attempted to infect targets from japan with a scare of coronavirus. The attack was in the form of email spam. It was disguised to appear as if it comes from the disability groups. The spam email was a form of malware the Emotet gang was using to lure their targets. This shows that cyber-attacks and cyber securities have been compromised through the advance in technology. This paper gives a summary of the article.
A group of researchers raised a red flag on malspams disguised as email notifications. They were designed that way to lure the victim into opening it. This scam was reported in various towns of Japan. Some of these towns included: Gifu, Osaka, and Totori. According to the article, the InfoSec community suggested the malspam campaign used illegally acquired emails from accounts that were previously compromised. These stolen accounts were used as templates in an attempt to infect the recipient. It was noted that the subject and the filenames of the document were the same but not identical. It was designed to appear like a notification suggesting urgency. The attacks were launched by the Emotet gang, which had previously done the same thing during holiday celebrations. This gang relies on spam emails to trick their victims into opening them. Once the email attachment has been opened, it infects the computer by downloading and installing the malware automatically using the PowerShell command.
To sum up, the attack on Japanese represents a fraction of cyber-attacks in the globe. We live in a world where personal information is gullible to malicious people. They use malware software to access their own credentials, which they can use to commit crimes. Therefore, a person needs to be very careful when using the internet.
Reference
Schliesser, T. (2020). Emotet Uses Coronavirus Scare to Infect Japanese Targets – Green Valley Consulting. Retrieved 1 February 2020, from https://www.greenvalleyconsulting.org/2020/01/30/emotet-uses-coronavirus-scare-to-infect-japanese-targets/