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Security researchers were wary of scammers setting up fake donations and charities to help victims of the devastating earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey last week, and unfortunately, those predictions have borne disappointing fruit.
Email security company Cofense has spotted a scam circulating among its customers, using emotive language and official-seeming branding to solicit cryptocurrency donations from unwary users. The emails seem to be targeting largely Muslim readers, and call for donors to offer up even small sums.
“Remember $1 and €1 are equal to 20TL so even the smallest donation you make will help us a lot,” an attachment to the scam email reads. It also implores donors to share the email, and reach more people willing to help.
The attachment features three QR codes that link to three crypto wallets — one each for bitcoin, Tether, and Ethereum.
Meanwhile, the pro-Russian Killnet group has been targeting NATO Special Operations Headquarters and the Strategic Airlift Capability initiative, both of which are helping with aid operations for the region.
The DDOS attack took the NSHQ website down for a few hours and disrupted communications with a SAC C-17 believed to have been transporting supplies to a Turkish airbase.
Killnet has taken responsibility for the attacks via one of its Telegram channels, and a NATO spokesperson confirmed the incident to The Telegraph.
“NATO cyber experts are actively addressing an incident affecting some NATO websites. NATO deals with cyber incidents on a regular basis, and takes cyber security very seriously.”
Killnet operates as a collective, recruiting affiliates via Telegram, where it has over 92,000 followers. The group recently went after targets in Germany, following that country’s commitment to send tanks to Ukraine, and has been consistently operating against targets throughout Europe and the United States since March 2022.
David Hollingworth has been writing about technology for over 20 years, and has worked for a range of print and online titles in his career. He is enjoying getting to grips with cyber security, especially when it lets him talk about Lego.
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