One of two Nigerians who admitted to being part of a conspiracy to steal Attack.Databreach personal information from Vermont state employees and other U.S. residents was sentenced . Tuesday in Rutland federal court to time served , or 14 months in jail . Osariemen Isibor , 32 , pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in March to conspiracy to commit wire fraud . Another man , Eneye Dania , 31 , also pleaded guilty in March to being part of the same conspiracy . Last week , Dania was sentenced to serve 17 months in jail . Dania has been held in jail for about 14 months . While Isibor 's prison sentence on the charge is complete and Dania 's will be soon , neither is expected to be released . Instead , both are expected to be turned over to the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement before being deported to Nigeria . According to court records , the goal of the conspiracy was “ fooling Attack.Phishing United States residents … into sending the logon information they used to access Attack.Databreach their IRS form W-2 data from their employer 's website to another website designed to look like Attack.Phishing their employer 's human resources page but actually operated by the conspiracy to collect this data ” . Once people entered their information into the fake website , the conspirators attempted to trick Attack.Phishing the IRS into sending tax refunds to the conspirators , but prosecutors said fraud detection controls put in place by the IRS “ caused most , if not all , such fraudulent tax returns to be rejected ” .

A series of phishing campaigns Attack.Phishing is targeting airline consumers with messages crafted Attack.Phishing to trick Attack.Phishing victims into handing over personal or business credentials . A wave string of phishing campaigns Attack.Phishing is targeting airline consumers with messages crafted Attack.Phishing to trick Attack.Phishing victims into handing over personal or business credentials . The phishing messages pretend to be sent from Attack.Phishing a travel agency or a someone inside the target firm , they include a weaponized document or embed a malicious link . “ Over the past several weeks , we have seen a combination of attack techniques . One , where an attacker impersonates a travel agency or someone inside a company . Recipients are told an email contains an airline ticket or e-ticket , ” explained Asaf Cidon , vice president , content security services at Barracuda Networks . According to Barracuda Networks , aviation-themed phishing attacks Attack.Phishing contain links to spoofed Attack.Phishing airline sites , threat actors personalize Attack.Phishing the phishing page in a way to trick Attack.Phishing victims into providing business information . The attackers show a deep knowledge of the targets , hackers are targeting logistic , manufacturing and shipping industries . “ It ’ s clear there is some degree of advanced reconnaissance that takes place before targeting individuals within these companies , ” Cidon added . Recently the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team issued an alert of phishing campaigns Attack.Phishing targeting airline consumers . “ US-CERT has received reports of email-based phishing campaigns Attack.Phishing targeting airline consumers . Systems infected through phishing campaigns Attack.Phishing act as an entry point for attackers to gain access Attack.Databreach to sensitive business or personal information. ” reads the US-CERT warning . “ US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review an airline Security Advisory ( link is external ) and US-CERT ’ s Security Tip ST04-014 for more information on phishing attacks Attack.Phishing . ” The US-CERT specifically references the security advisory published by Delta Air Lines that warned its consumers of fraudulent activities . “ Delta has received reports of attempts by parties not affiliated with us to fraudulently gather customer information in a number of ways including : fraudulent emails , social media sites , postcards , Gift Card promotional websites claiming to be Attack.Phishing from Delta Air Lines and letters or prize notifications promising free travel , ” states the Delta Air Lines warning . Barracuda confirmed that these campaigns have a high success rate : “ Our analysis shows that for the airline phishing attack Attack.Phishing , attackers are successful over 90 percent of the time in getting employees to open airline impersonation emails , ” concluded Cidon . “ This is one of the highest success rates for phishing attacks Attack.Phishing . ”

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F-Secure says it can not prove which country was behind the hack but the group had links to 'entities ' in China , Russia and Ukraine The UK Foreign Office was targeted by a group of determined and well-funded hackers over several months last year . Research published by cybersecurity firm F-Secure suggested the attack was a “ spear-phishing Attack.Phishing ” campaign in which people are sent Attack.Phishing targeted emails with a link to a false login page to trick Attack.Phishing users into giving up their username and password . The hackers created Attack.Phishing websites that looked like Attack.Phishing legitimate Foreign Office websites , including those for accessing an internal email account online . The scam is believed to have been perpetrated by hackers who call themselves the Callisto Group . F-Secure said it did not know whether the attack was successful and the National Cyber Security Centre did not say whether data had been stolen Attack.Databreach . It was discovered after the spy agency analysed a successful attack on the French broadcaster TV5Monde in 2015 . The group forced the channel ’ s scheduled programming off air for 18 hours and replaced them with a screen showing the terror group ’ s flag . The inference with the UK ’ s government follows on from an ongoing probe into the Kremlin ’ s influence on the US elections last year . Hacking groups such as DC Leaks , Fancy Bears and Guccifer 2.0 who were responsible for the leaking Attack.Databreach of damaging information about the Democrat party . The most significant attack Attack.Databreach , the leaking Attack.Databreach of thousands of private emails between senior members of the DNC to Wikileaks by Fancy Bears , lead to the resignation of DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz .

Evaldas Rimasauskas , 49 who allegedly conned Attack.Phishing two of the world 's biggest companies was arrested on fraud charges GOOGLE and Facebook have admitted they were conned out Attack.Phishing of an alleged $ 100million ( £77million ) in a phishing scam Attack.Phishing . The two world 's biggest companies fell victim after a Lithuanian man allegedly tricked Attack.Phishing employees into wiring over the money to bank accounts that he controlled , Fortune reported on Thursday . Evaldas Rimasauskas , 48 , is accused of posing as Attack.Phishing an Asia-based manufacturer and deceived Attack.Phishing the internet giants from around 2013 until 2015 . He was arrested earlier this month in Lithuania at the request of US authorities The conman is said to have forged Attack.Phishing email addresses , invoices and corporate stamps to impersonate Attack.Phishing Quanta and trick Attack.Phishing them into paying for computer supplies . Rimasauskas , who is awaiting extradition proceedings , has denied the allegations . The US Department of Justice ( DOJ ) said last month : `` Fraudulent phishing emails were sent Attack.Phishing to employees and agents of the victim companies , which regularly conducted multi-million-dollar transactions with [ the Asian ] company . '' Both Facebook and Google have confirmed the fraud and said that they had been able to recoup funds . But they did n't reveal how much money it had transferred and recouped . A Google spokeswoman said : `` We detected this fraud against our vendor management team and promptly alerted the authorities . '' `` We recouped the funds and we ’ re pleased this matter is resolved . '' A spokeswoman for Facebook added : `` Facebook recovered the bulk of the funds shortly after the incident and has been cooperating with law enforcement in its investigation . '' Security experts said the recent cyber attack highlighted how sophisticated phishing scams Attack.Phishing are being used to fool Attack.Phishing even two of the biggest tech companies .

High street banks are losing the battle against fraud as criminals switch tactics to directly target customers . Efforts by lenders to bolster their IT defences against hackers have simply encouraged fraudsters to bombard individual customers with scams , according to Financial Fraud Action UK . Despite investing millions in tackling fraud , losses from fraud rose last year as banks became less effective at preventing scams . Financial Fraud Action UK said this was ‘ largely due to criminals shifting their methods away from using malware attacks on online banking systems , which bank security processes identified ’ . Increasingly , it said , fraudsters are focussing on targeting individuals directly , which is harder for banks to stop . The report said the main ploy used by criminals is the ‘ impersonation and deception scam ’ whereby they pretend to be Attack.Phishing from a ‘ legitimate and trusted organisation ’ such as a bank , the police , a utility company or a government department . These scams typically involve the fraudster contacting Attack.Phishing the customer through a phone call , text message or email . Often the fraudster will claim Attack.Phishing there has been suspicious activity on an account , ask the individual to verify or update their account details , or claim Attack.Phishing they are due a refund . The criminal then attempts to trick Attack.Phishing the target into giving away their personal or financial information , such as passwords , payment card details or bank account information . Financial Fraud Action UK – which represents banks - said its intelligence suggests criminals have also recently increased their focus on ‘ phishing ’ emails claiming to be Attack.Phishing from major online retailers and internet companies . It warned these emails are an ‘ increasingly sophisticated ’ attempt to trick Attack.Phishing recipients into giving away personal and financial details , or into downloading malware software which hacks into their computers . Several banks have been targeted by high profile cyber attacks that have attempted to exploit weaknesses in their IT systems . Last November criminals launched an online attack against Tesco Bank that resulted in the loss of £2.5million from 9,000 accounts . Others to have been targeted include Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest , Lloyds and HSBC . The threat to Britain ’ s financial infrastructure from persistent cyber-attacks prompted chancellor Philip Hammond to commit an extra £1.9billion in the autumn statement to boost Britain ’ s defences against the growing online threat .

High street banks are losing the battle against fraud as criminals switch tactics to directly target customers . Efforts by lenders to bolster their IT defences against hackers have simply encouraged fraudsters to bombard individual customers with scams , according to Financial Fraud Action UK . Despite investing millions in tackling fraud , losses from fraud rose last year as banks became less effective at preventing scams . Financial Fraud Action UK said this was ‘ largely due to criminals shifting their methods away from using malware attacks on online banking systems , which bank security processes identified ’ . Increasingly , it said , fraudsters are focussing on targeting individuals directly , which is harder for banks to stop . The report said the main ploy used by criminals is the ‘ impersonation and deception scam ’ whereby they pretend to be Attack.Phishing from a ‘ legitimate and trusted organisation ’ such as a bank , the police , a utility company or a government department . These scams typically involve the fraudster contacting Attack.Phishing the customer through a phone call , text message or email . Often the fraudster will claim Attack.Phishing there has been suspicious activity on an account , ask the individual to verify or update their account details , or claim Attack.Phishing they are due a refund . The criminal then attempts to trick Attack.Phishing the target into giving away their personal or financial information , such as passwords , payment card details or bank account information . Financial Fraud Action UK – which represents banks - said its intelligence suggests criminals have also recently increased their focus on ‘ phishing ’ emails claiming to be Attack.Phishing from major online retailers and internet companies . It warned these emails are an ‘ increasingly sophisticated ’ attempt to trick Attack.Phishing recipients into giving away personal and financial details , or into downloading malware software which hacks into their computers . Several banks have been targeted by high profile cyber attacks that have attempted to exploit weaknesses in their IT systems . Last November criminals launched an online attack against Tesco Bank that resulted in the loss of £2.5million from 9,000 accounts . Others to have been targeted include Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest , Lloyds and HSBC . The threat to Britain ’ s financial infrastructure from persistent cyber-attacks prompted chancellor Philip Hammond to commit an extra £1.9billion in the autumn statement to boost Britain ’ s defences against the growing online threat .

Hacker group “ Charming Kitten ” used false identities to ferret out information , says Israel-based cybersecurity firm ClearSky An Iranian cyber espionage group known as Charming Kitten is believed to be behind a campaign targeting academic researchers , human rights activists , media outlets and political advisors focusing on Iran , according to a report published earlier this week by Israel-based threat intelligence company ClearSky Cyber Security . The group has also set up Attack.Phishing a news outlet called The British News Agency to lure Attack.Phishing targets in . Most of the group 's targets are in Iran , the U.S. , Israel and the U.K. , the report said , but some come from countries including France , Germany , Switzerland , Denmark , India , Turkey and the United Arab Emirates . The report detailed the various methods used to gain access Attack.Databreach to computers and private social accounts . Those include false identities , the impersonation Attack.Phishing of real companies , the insertion of malicious code into a breached website , also known as `` watering hole attacks , '' and spear phishing Attack.Phishing , the process of pretending to be Attack.Phishing service providers like Gmail or Facebook to trick Attack.Phishing people into giving out personal information . A significant mainstay of the group 's activity was the establishment of a media outlet called The British News Agency . Much effort went into creating Attack.Phishing a seemingly legitimate website , including details about the agency and a contact list of the management team . The purpose of the site was to attract Attack.Phishing the targets and infect them with malware . According to the report , multiple Israeli researchers of Iran and the Middle East were sent Attack.Phishing emails and Twitter direct messages from accounts registered with seemingly Jewish Israeli names . Messages coming from Attack.Phishing one such account were presented as if coming from Attack.Phishing a journalist and political researcher at KNBC News . Other messages were presented as if coming from Attack.Phishing an Israeli political researcher raised in California who needed help with an article and also wanted to apply for a position at an Israeli university . Another message was described as coming from Attack.Phishing a Jewish girl living in Iran . These messages often linked to phishing pages . ClearSky can not estimate how many accounts were successfully infiltrated , but the success rate for such attacks is usually around 10 % , said Mr. Dolev .

Saudi Arabian security officials said on Monday that the country had been targeted as part of a wide-ranging cyber espionage campaign observed since February against five Middle East nations as well as several countries outside the region . The Saudi government ’ s National Cyber Security Center ( NCSC ) said in a statement the kingdom had been hit by a hacking campaign bearing the technical hallmarks of an attack group dubbed “ MuddyWater ” by U.S. cyber firm Palo Alto Networks . Palo Alto ’ s Unit 42 threat research unit published a report last Friday showing how a string of connected attacks Attack.Phishing this year used decoy documents with official-looking government logos to lure Attack.Phishing unsuspecting users from targeted organizations to download infected documents and compromise their computer networks . Documents pretending to be Attack.Phishing from the U.S.National Security Agency , Iraqi intelligence , Russian security firm Kaspersky and the Kurdistan regional government were among those used to trick Attack.Phishing victims , Unit 42 said in a blog post ( goo.gl/SvwrXv ) . The Unit 42 researchers said the attacks Attack.Phishing had targeted organizations in Saudi Arabia , Iraq , the United Arab Emirates , Turkey and Israel , as well as entities outside the Middle East in Georgia , India , Pakistan and the United States . The Saudi security agency said in its own statement that the attacks Attack.Databreach sought to steal Attack.Databreach data from computers using email phishing techniques targeting the credentials of specific users . The NCSC said they also comprised so-called “ watering hole ” attacks , which seek to trick Attack.Phishing users to click on infected web links to seize control of their machines . The technical indicators supplied by Unit 42 are the same as those described by the NCSC as being involved in attacks against Saudi Arabia . The NCSC said the attacks appeared to be by an “ advanced persistent threat ” ( APT ) group - cyber jargon typically used to describe state-backed espionage . Saudi Arabia has been the target of frequent cyber attacks , including the “ Shamoon ” virus , which cripples computers by wiping their disks and has hit both government ministries and petrochemical firms . Saudi Aramco , the world ’ s largest oil company , was hit by an early version of the “ Shamoon ” virus in 2012 , in the country ’ s worst cyber attack to date . The NCSC declined further comment on the source of the attack or on which organizations or agencies were targeted . Unit 42 said it was unable to identify the attack group or its aims and did not have enough data to conclude that the MuddyWater group was behind the Saudi attacks as outlined by NCSC . “ We can not confirm that the NCSC posting and our MuddyWater research are in fact related , ” Christopher Budd , a Unit 42 manager told Reuters . “ There ’ s just not enough information to make that connection with an appropriate level of certainty. ” Palo Alto Networks said the files it had uncovered were almost identical to information-stealing documents disguised as Attack.Phishing Microsoft Word files and found to be targeting the Saudi government by security firm MalwareBytes in a September report .

Saudi Arabian security officials said on Monday that the country had been targeted as part of a wide-ranging cyber espionage campaign observed since February against five Middle East nations as well as several countries outside the region . The Saudi government ’ s National Cyber Security Center ( NCSC ) said in a statement the kingdom had been hit by a hacking campaign bearing the technical hallmarks of an attack group dubbed “ MuddyWater ” by U.S. cyber firm Palo Alto Networks . Palo Alto ’ s Unit 42 threat research unit published a report last Friday showing how a string of connected attacks Attack.Phishing this year used decoy documents with official-looking government logos to lure Attack.Phishing unsuspecting users from targeted organizations to download infected documents and compromise their computer networks . Documents pretending to be Attack.Phishing from the U.S.National Security Agency , Iraqi intelligence , Russian security firm Kaspersky and the Kurdistan regional government were among those used to trick Attack.Phishing victims , Unit 42 said in a blog post ( goo.gl/SvwrXv ) . The Unit 42 researchers said the attacks Attack.Phishing had targeted organizations in Saudi Arabia , Iraq , the United Arab Emirates , Turkey and Israel , as well as entities outside the Middle East in Georgia , India , Pakistan and the United States . The Saudi security agency said in its own statement that the attacks Attack.Databreach sought to steal Attack.Databreach data from computers using email phishing techniques targeting the credentials of specific users . The NCSC said they also comprised so-called “ watering hole ” attacks , which seek to trick Attack.Phishing users to click on infected web links to seize control of their machines . The technical indicators supplied by Unit 42 are the same as those described by the NCSC as being involved in attacks against Saudi Arabia . The NCSC said the attacks appeared to be by an “ advanced persistent threat ” ( APT ) group - cyber jargon typically used to describe state-backed espionage . Saudi Arabia has been the target of frequent cyber attacks , including the “ Shamoon ” virus , which cripples computers by wiping their disks and has hit both government ministries and petrochemical firms . Saudi Aramco , the world ’ s largest oil company , was hit by an early version of the “ Shamoon ” virus in 2012 , in the country ’ s worst cyber attack to date . The NCSC declined further comment on the source of the attack or on which organizations or agencies were targeted . Unit 42 said it was unable to identify the attack group or its aims and did not have enough data to conclude that the MuddyWater group was behind the Saudi attacks as outlined by NCSC . “ We can not confirm that the NCSC posting and our MuddyWater research are in fact related , ” Christopher Budd , a Unit 42 manager told Reuters . “ There ’ s just not enough information to make that connection with an appropriate level of certainty. ” Palo Alto Networks said the files it had uncovered were almost identical to information-stealing documents disguised as Attack.Phishing Microsoft Word files and found to be targeting the Saudi government by security firm MalwareBytes in a September report .

Cybercriminals prey on naivety , and a new scam campaign that attempts to trick Attack.Phishing people into providing bank details to pay for a fake WhatsApp subscription does just that . WhatsApp did once charge a subscription fee of $ 0.99/£0.99 , but stopped the practice in January 2016 . However , the fraudsters behind this latest scam are looking to take advantage of the fact WhatsApp -- which has over a billion users -- did once rely on a subscription service to dupe Attack.Phishing victims into handing over their banking information . The UK 's fraud and cybercrime centre Action Fraud and the City of London police have issued a warning about the campaign . Emails purporting to be Attack.Phishing from 'The WhatsApp Team ' claim that `` your subscription will be ending soon '' and that in order to continue to use the service , you need to update your payment information . Victims are encouraged to sign into a 'customer portal ' with their number and to enter payment information . Naturally , this is a scam -- with spelling errors in the text a huge giveaway -- and all the victims are doing is providing criminals with their financial details . Criminals could use these to simply make purchases or as a basis for further fraud . Scammers have also been known to use text messages in an effort to dupe Attack.Phishing victims into paying for a fake subscription . Those who receive Attack.Phishing the email are urged not to click on any of the links , but to instead report it to the police . Action Fraud also offers advice to those who have already fallen for the scam , telling victims to `` run antivirus software to ensure your device has not been infected with malware '' . Scammers often attempt to lure Attack.Phishing victims into handing over their credit card information -- or installing malware onto their machines -- often with authentic-looking phishing emails claiming to be from Attack.Phishing real companies . Previously , Action Fraud has warned about scammers attempting to steal Attack.Databreach credentials from university staff with fake emails about a pay rise , while police have also issued a warning about cybercriminals attempting to infect people with banking malware using emails that pretend to be Attack.Phishing from a charity .

ESET Ireland warns of an authentic looking phishing scam email , pretending to come Attack.Phishing from Vodafone . The cybercriminals are up to their old tricks even in the new year . An email , pretending to be Attack.Phishing from Vodafone has been spamming Irish mailboxes with a phishing attempt Attack.Phishing . The email reads : Dear Valued Customer , Just a quick reminder that you need to pay for your Vodafone service . Pay now to avoid service restriction or suspension . Your monthly bill for NETVIGATOR service has been issued . We have proceeded autopay payment according to your credit card information . However , such autopay payment is not successful . Your account is now overdue , so unless you ’ ve already paid in the last few days here ’ s what you need to do next . To check the total amount owing , please visit MyAccount To avoid suspension of service , please settle the above amount before 04 Jan 2017 . Log In To MyAccount https : //www.vodafone.ie/myv/services/Process For details regarding the payment rejection , please contact your bank directly . It ’ s important that you make full payment of the outstanding amount to avoid restriction or suspension of your service . Please remember that if we suspend your service you ’ ll need to pay a reconnection fee . We ’ ll also apply all regular service charges until your service is cancelled . To help you manage your services , a number of online tools are available . You can pay your bill and track your usage through MyAccount and our 24×7 App . While the email is made to look very convincing Attack.Phishing , with all the Vodafone logos and overall appearance , all the links in the email lead to a fake website , registered in Mexico , which tries to trick Attack.Phishing the user into submitting their account info and payment details . If you have received such an email , flag it as spam and delete it . Do not click any of the links in it .

Facebook users have noticed and reported a new scam making rounds on the popular network . [ 1 ] This time , it is the same old Facebook Messenger virus that compromises user accounts and acts on behalf of the victim to distribute the malicious link further . The scam uses a basic social engineering technique that lures Attack.Phishing the potential target into clicking on the provided URL . In addition , the victim feels safe since the link comes from Attack.Phishing one of his Facebook friends . The message usually includes a short line that looks similar to “ its you ? [ name ] : |. ” The emoji at the end of the message differs , and the provided link is shortened ; therefore the user can not figure out where it leads . However , the shortcut indicates that the link leads to a mysterious video and triggers victim ’ s curiosity to check it out . Typical strategy : Install something to watch the video Cybersecurity experts are already familiar with the technique used to trick Attack.Phishing questioning users into installing the Facebook Message Video virus . As soon as the victim clicks the compromised link and enters the phishing website ( which apparently is designed to look like Attack.Phishing YouTube or another popular video sharing platform ) , a misleading pop-up appears Attack.Phishing , asking the victim to install an update or an application ( it could be a fake Adobe Flash Player or a plug-in ) . The file suggested to the user contains no software related to video streaming and simply carries the malicious payload that later compromises Attack.Databreach victim ’ s account and sends out Attack.Phishing the deceptive messages to all victim ’ s contacts . Speaking of fake Adobe Flash Players , we want to inform you that these are one of the most dangerous threats to your security . One of the latest cyber attacks Attack.Phishing was based on fake pop-ups appearing on compromised sites , urging Attack.Phishing people to install an updated Flash Player . Unfortunately , launching the install_flash_player.exe file only infected the computer with Bad Rabbit ransomware .

Employees of US NGOs Fight for the Future and Free Press were targeted with complex spear-phishing attempts Attack.Phishing between July 7 and August 8 , reported today the Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF ) . Both organizations targeted in the attacks Attack.Phishing are currently fighting against for Net Neutrality in the US . Based on currently available evidence , the attacks appear to have been orchestrated by the same attacker , located in a UTC+3-5:30 timezone , said EFF Director of Cybersecurity Eva Galperin and EFF security researcher Cooper Quintin . At least one victim fell for the attacks `` Although this phishing campaign Attack.Phishing does not appear to have been carried out by a nation-state actor and does not involve malware , it serves as an important reminder that civil society is under attack , '' said the two today . `` It is important for all activists , including those working on digital civil liberties issues in the United States , to be aware that they may be targeted by persistent actors who are well-informed about their targets ’ personal and professional connections . '' At least one victim fell for the 70 fake emails sent Attack.Phishing during the phishing attempts Attack.Phishing . Attackers did n't deliver malware but lured Attack.Phishing victims away on a remote site designed to phish Google , Dropbox , and LinkedIn credentials . `` The attackers were remarkably persistent , switching up their attacks after each failed attempt and becoming increasingly creative with their targeting over time , '' EFF said . The most creative of the spear-phishing emails was when victims received Attack.Phishing emails with the subject line `` You have been successfully subscribed to Pornhub.com , '' or `` You have been successfully subscribed to Redtube.com , '' two very popular adult video portals . Minutes later , victims received Attack.Phishing another email made to look like Attack.Phishing it was coming from Attack.Phishing the same two services . These second emails contained explicit subject lines . Because spear-phishing emails were aimed Attack.Phishing at work emails , most victims would have been inclined to unsubscribe from the incoming emails . This was the catch , as attackers doctored the unsubscribe link , leading Attack.Phishing victims to a fake Google login screen . Attackers used different tactics as the campaign progressed The PornHub and RedTube phishes Attack.Phishing were not the only ones . Attackers also used other tactics . ⬭ Links to generic documents that asked users to enter credentials before viewing . ⬭ LinkedIn message notifications that tried to trick Attack.Phishing users into giving away LinkedIn creds . ⬭ Emails disguised to look like Attack.Phishing they were coming from Attack.Phishing family members , sharing photos , but which asked the victim to log in and give away credentials instead . ⬭ Fake email notifications for hateful comments posted on Attack.Phishing the target 's YouTube videos . When the victim followed the link included in the email , the target would have to enter Google credentials before performing the comment moderation actions . ⬭ Emails that looked like Attack.Phishing a friend was sharing Attack.Phishing interesting news stories . Used topics and subject lines include : - Net Neutrality Activists 'Rickroll ' FCC Chairman Ajit Pai - Porn star Jessica Drake claims Donald Trump offered her $ 10G , use of his private jet for sex - Reality show mom wants to hire a hooker for her autistic son In one case , one of the targeted activists received a request from a user asking for a link to buy her music . When the target replied , the attacker answered back Attack.Phishing with a Gmail phishing link , claiming the buy link did n't work . EFF experts say that victims who had two-factor authentication turned on for their accounts would have prevented attackers from logging into their profiles even if they had managed to obtain Attack.Databreach their password .

A new attack campaign Attack.Phishing has been flinging Attack.Phishing phishing messages as well as ransomware-laced spam emails at potential victims in massive quantities . The attack campaign involves crypto-locking Locky ransomware . `` Beware . Do n't fall for this . Locky is horrid , '' says Alan Woodward , a computer science professor at the University of Surrey . The campaign began Monday , according to cloud-based cybersecurity provider AppRiver , which counted more than 23 million related spam emails having been sent Attack.Phishing in less than 24 hours . That makes it `` one of the largest malware campaigns that we have seen in the latter half of 2017 , '' says Troy Gill , manager of security research for AppRiver , in a blog post . Finnish security firm F-Secure says that the majority of the spam messages that its systems are currently blocking relate to Locky . It notes that some spam contains links to infected sites , while other messages carry malicious attachments . If a system becomes infected with this strain of Locky , crypto-locked files will have the extension `` .lukitus '' added , which is a Finnish word variously translated by native speakers as `` locking '' or `` locked , '' according to F-Secure . The Lukitus variant of Locky was first spotted last month . Rommel Joven , a malware researcher with security firm Fortinet , warned that it was being distributed via email attachments as part of a massive spam campaign being run by the one of the world 's biggest botnets , Necurs , which has historically been the principle outlet for Locky attacks . Spam Can Carry Locky Attachments AppRiver says emails related to the new Locky campaign have featured a variety of subject lines , including these words : documents , images , photo , pictures , please print , scans . `` Each message comes with a zip attachment that contains a Visual Basic Script ( VBS ) file that is nested inside a secondary zip file , '' Gill says . `` Once clicked , [ the ] VBS file initiates a downloader that reaches out to greatesthits [ dot ] mygoldmusic [ dotcom ] to pull down the latest Locky ransomware . Locky goes to work encrypting all the files on the target system and appending [ . ] lukitus to the users now-encrypted files . '' The ransomware then drops Attack.Ransom a ransom note on the victim 's desktop . `` The victim is instructed to install the Tor browser and is provided an .onion ( aka Darkweb ) site to process payment Attack.Ransom of 0.5 bitcoins '' - currently worth $ 2,400 - Gill says . `` Once the ransom payment Attack.Ransom is made the attackers promise a redirect to the decryption service . '' As of Friday , meanwhile , Xavier Mertens , a freelance security consultant and SANS Institute Internet Storm Center contributor based in Belgium , says he 's seeing a new wave of malicious spam that uses emails that pretend to carry voice messages . Internet Storm Center reports that some malicious messages tied to Locky are showing fake alerts Attack.Phishing stating that the HoeflerText font needs to be installed . Not all of the Locky spam emails arrive with malicious attachments ; some are designed as phishing attacks Attack.Phishing that redirect users to real-looking but malicious sites . Peter Kruse , an e-crime specialist at CSIS Security Group in Denmark , says some emails related to this ransomware campaign are skinned to look like Attack.Phishing they 've come from Attack.Phishing Dropbox . Some will attempt to trick Attack.Phishing recipients into clicking on a `` verify your email '' link . Kruse says the attacks are being launched by the group tied to the Affid=3 [ aka affiliate ID=3 ] version of Locky . If victims click on the link , they 're redirected to one of a number of websites . Clicking on a link can result in a zipped attack file being downloaded , per the VBS attack detailed above , according to security researcher JamesWT , a former member of the anti-malware research group called Malware Hunter Team . Alternately , clicking on the link may result in the site attempting to execute a malicious JavaScript file that functions as a dropper , meaning it then attempts to download a payload file . In some attacks , this payload file is Locky . But JamesWT tells ISMG that malware from the campaign that he uploaded to malware-checking service VirusTotal was identified as being Shade ransomware .

It appears popular cryptocurrency Monero , often praised for its privacy functions , was riddled with security vulnerabilities – one of which allowed hackers to steal coins directly from the wallets of exchange desks . Utilizing old-fashioned social engineering , inventive hackers could forge Attack.Phishing transaction data and use it to trick Attack.Phishing support staff into crediting their account manually with extra XMR . By simply copying a line of code from Monero ’ s wallet – which is open-sourced and accessible to everyone – the attackers could manipulate the amounts shown by the wallet when facilitating transactions between addresses . The good thing is that the flaw has since been patched Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability ( in Monero at least , it is not entirely clear if this is the case for other Monero-based coins ) . The more concerning part is that it is only one out of six vulnerabilities disclosed Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability by Monero in the last 24 hours alone , according to information from its HackerOne bug bounty program . Other bugs included a Denial of Service attack vector that could ’ ve been abused to clog the Monero blockchain and a Python script exploit that made it possible to take down active nodes on the network . Just like the wallet flaw , all of these vulnerabilities have already been fixed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability . This is not the first time researchers have found Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability kinks in the anonymous cryptocurrency ’ s code – but to Monero ’ s credit , its dev team has always made sure to address Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability such concerns appropriately . It ’ s no surprise that bug bounties are really becoming an industry standard , considering considering how much damage they can prevent . Recently $ 24,000 was claimed in one week across four different blockchain projects . Apparently , probing EOS is even more profitable : one hacker got paid $ 80,000 in one day for identifying critical bugs in its code . Update August 3 , 09:15 AM UTC : Monero project lead Riccardo Spagni , better known under the pseudonym ‘ fluffypony , ’ has since addressed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the vulnerability disclosures Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability in an email to Hard Fork . Spagni highlighted Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability that although the bugs were made public Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability yesterday , they were discovered Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability – separately – over the span of several months . “ The [ wallet ] vulnerability was introduced Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability by the sub-address functionality , so it ’ s relatively new , ” Spagni told Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability Hard Fork .