According to a blog post and after a post-holiday slowdown, researchers at FireEye saw an uptick in Dridex spam campaigns during January.

The researchers saw the uptick in the first week of January and then a few large waves in the weeks after. The targets are mostly the manufacturing, telecommunications, and financial services sectors.

The researchers wrote: "The Dridex operators may have taken a break after Christmas, but soon after the New Year they ramped up their activities and resumed their operations as usual. It is important for organizations to remain vigilant with user education, proactive detection technologies and security policies that help prevent cybersecurity threats.”

Source: SCMagazine[3