Фишинг и вредоносное ПО в ВКонтакте

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В кластер входят документы, описывающие конкретные методы и кампании по взлому аккаунтов пользователей социальной сети ВКонтакте, и не входят сообщения о кибератаках на другие платформы.

Общие признаки: социальная инженерия, кража учетных данных, пользователи VKontakte, вредоносные приложения и ссылки

Группа выше: Фишинг и спам

Материалы

• #1398 — Analysis of VKontakte Trojan and Phishing Campaign — Представитель этого кластера

  Новая волна распространения троянцев вконтакте — Onthar

  Смысл: The text aims to alert users about a specific phishing and Trojan campaign on VKontakte that steals credentials and extorts money by manipulating the system's hosts file. Its main idea is to demonstrate how simple social engineering and basic technical tricks can compromise a user's security and provide a method for remediation.

  A technical breakdown of a VKontakte phishing scam that uses a Trojan to modify the Windows hosts file for credential theft and monetary extortion.

• #28146 — VKontakte Account Data Leak and Phishing Methods

  В открытый доступ снова попали тысячи логинов и паролей от аккаунтов сети «ВКонтакте» — envyme

  Смысл: The main idea is to warn VKontakte users about a recent leak of 13,000 accounts and to explain the common technical method (hosts file redirection) used by hackers to steal credentials via phishing sites.

  Thousands of VKontakte account logins were leaked due to phishing attacks that redirect users to fake websites by modifying the system's hosts file.

• #26179 — Analysis of a VKontakte Phishing Attempt

  Хех… — r13

  Смысл: The text exposes a primitive phishing scam targeting VKontakte users, with the author mocking the simplicity of the fraud in the modern era.

  An author mocks a fraudulent message that attempts to trick VKontakte users into using a fake alternative login server to steal their data.

• #18687 — Password Theft via Fake VKontakte Apps

  На vkontakte снова тырят пароли нерадивых пользователей — helios

  Смысл: The text warns users about phishing scams on VKontakte where fake applications are used to steal passwords through social engineering and deceptive Flash-based forms.

  An author exposes a phishing scam on VKontakte that uses a fake Flash chat app to steal user passwords via a malicious external server.

• #900 — Malware Attack via Social Engineering on Vkontakte

  Пользователи Vkontakte оказались “в порно” — Molodov

  Смысл: The text reports on a targeted malware campaign on the Vkontakte social network where users were tricked by friends' messages into downloading a virus disguised as a codec, leading to thousands of compromised accounts.

  Thousands of Vkontakte users lost their accounts after downloading a Trojan virus disguised as a codec via spam messages from friends.