…or as it is popularly said, at least, in Spain: “From Guatemala to Guatepeorâ€.
As if things weren’t bad enough in Central America after the dramatic consequences that the Agatha storm had in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, cybercrooks are taking advantage of the news about the misterious sinkhole that appeared in Guatemala city, in order to distribute the rogueware detected as MySecurityEngine.
The following searches, among others, display the following pointing to malicious URLs:
Agatha Guatemala
Giant Sinkhole
Giant Sinkhole Guatemala
Guatamala Sinkhole 2010
Guatemala City
Guatemala City Airport
Guatemala City Attractions
Guatemala City Crater
Guatemala City Facts
Guatemala City Hotels
Guatemala City Pictures
Guatemala City Sinkhole
Guatemala City Wheater
Guatemala Crater
Guatemala Crater Agatha
Guatemala Hole
Guatemala Sink Hole
Guatemala Sinkhole
Guatemala Sinkhole
Guatemala Sinkhole 2007
Guatemala Sinkhole 2010
Guatemala Sinkhole Agatha
Guatemala Sinkhole Bottom
Guatemala Sinkhole Coordinates
Guatemala Sinkhole Depth
Guatemala Sinkhole Video
Guatemala Sinkhole Wiki
Sinkhole Death
Sinkhole Guatemala
Sinkhole Guatemala City
Sinkhole in Guatemala
Here you have an example:
When you access any of these websites, you are redirected to websites like the following from which the rogueware is downloaded:
smar<blocked>stav3.co.cc
avw<blocked>21-pr.co.cc
mega<blocked>kz9.co.cc
Once more, cybercrooks are showing us that they have no qualms and any pretext is valid enough when dealing with economic profits.
Panda Security specializes in the development of endpoint security products and is part of the WatchGuard portfolio of IT security solutions. Initially focused on the development of antivirus software, the company has since expanded its line of business to advanced cyber-security services with technology for preventing cyber-crime.
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