Threat actors have historically had to choose between distributing malware at scale and personalizing attacks such as we see in spear phishing. While the malware circulating in German-speaking regions in Europe is diverse, much of the impact on individuals and organizations can be traced to two major families: banking Trojans and ransomware. Earlier this year, for example, several hospitals in Germany were forced to reschedule operations and shut down a variety of connected equipment when they were hit with ransomware infections. Losses go far beyond the direct costs of paying a ransom or dealing with fraudulent transactions, however. Ransomware alone is expected to count for a billion dollars of this total in 2016 while banking Trojans, responsible for billions in losses over the last several years, continue to show new information and credential stealing capabilities. Laden with banking Trojans and ransomware, these campaigns often require much more sophisticated protection than common sense.īy some estimates, global losses and costs associated with cybercrime annually reach into the trillions of dollars. Recently, Proofpoint researchers have observed numerous email campaigns targeting German-speaking regions, particularly Germany and Switzerland. Threat actors, though, are testing the allgemeinbildung of German-speakers with personalized lures and social engineering to deliver ransomware and banking Trojans even in regions that have already experienced large-scale distribution of malware like Dridex. "Common sense" is an oft-prescribed remedy for email-based malware threats: Don't click on unknown links, don't enable macros in documents from unknown senders, don't even read emails from unknown senders.
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