with WannaCry and fake data recovery services

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The consequences for the WannaCry ransomware continue to be noticed. The global attack that occurred in May 2017 has triggered an increase in spam emails that offer fake data recovery services.

The WannaCry virus was the most dangerous computer attack that has occurred in our country to date, with Telefónica being the main company affected. But not the only one. Users with devices with Windows and Android operating systems installed are white. This hacker attack encrypts the data of each terminal, and requests the payment of a rescue in order to be able to return the files to you. A situation that has led to the proliferation of false services that promise the recovery of data through spam and phishing campaigns.

More than 200,000 computers worldwide as well as Android mobiles have been victims of WannaCry. The chaos and impatience to get all our information back is being used by hackers as an opportunity to dramatically increase the number of spam and phishing emails by offering fake protection services to deal with this and future computer attacks. Not only that, they also promise to retrieve the files along with courses and seminars for Internet users, which are not true.

During this time, spammers have developed a scheme to send fraudulent offers in which they incite to install software updates on the affected computers by WannaCry. "However, these links redirected users to phishing pages in order to get personal information from the victims," said a security company official Kaspersky Lab, which has produced the report Spam and phishing of the second quarter of 2017 '.

WannaCry Encryption Increases Fake Services Offering Data Recovery
In this document they warn that in the last months has been detected a notable increase in the number of emails to corporate networks. Disguised as company emails, authentic signatures, logos and even bank information included'exploits'required to get mail passwords, FTP and other elements. They are mainly aimed at financial objectives.

Another trend observed is the increase in the number of mass mailings with Trojans with sender of non-existent distribution companies. Inside contained shipping reports with data of non-real deliveries with those who sought to infect computers and steal personal data. The Emotet banking trojan, first detected in 2014, has been one of those used.

"The use of WannaCry in mass mailing shows that cybercriminals are very alert and react quickly to international events," said Kaspersky Lab spam expert Lab Dayra Gudkova.

As for the countries targeted by these spams with false data recovery services, Germany is at the top (12.71%), followed by China (12.09%) and the United Kingdom (9.11%). Our country is ranked 12th (2.01%).

For its part, Vietnam has been the country with the most fraudulent mails sent (12.37%), above the United States (8.65%) and China (8.96%). Spain is in the 15 position (1.52%).

The banking sector, payment services and online stores are still the main targets of phishing attacks.

Have you been a victim of spam and phishing emails that offer fake data recovery services?