Threat Actors Target South Korean and Aussie Users with Malicious Emails Disguised as Accounting Ledgers

Antispam Lab spotted the most recent malspam campaign targeting tens of thousands of users at the beginning of May. 98.34 percent of the attacks appear to have originated from IP addresses in Bangladesh, with 76.08% of targeted users in South Korea, 17% in Australia and 1% in the US. If paired with a keylogger, the attackers can gain financial and personally identifiable information that can be used for fraud and identity theft. The focus on South Korean users is not by chance, as the May 31 deadline for filing individual income tax returns draws near.”]

Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/threat-actors-target-south-korean-and-aussie-users-with-malicious-emails-disguised-as-accounting-ledgers/