Criminals are trying to steal money from Netflix customers with a sophisticated new scam Attack.Phishing . Subscribers are being sent Attack.Phishing convincing fake emails asking them to update their payment information . While they look to be Attack.Phishing from Netflix itself , they are in fact from criminals and scammers . The message currently circulating reads : `` We 're having some trouble with your current billing information . `` We 'll try again , but in the meantime you may want to update your payment details . '' There is a red button telling you to `` Update Account now '' at the end of the message . This link takes you to a fake-designed site to look like Attack.Phishing Netflix , but in fact is run by scammers . An urgent warning has been issued about the email by the Federal Trade Commission , a US government agency that told consumers not to `` take the bait Attack.Phishing `` . `` Scammers use your information to steal your money , your identity , or both , '' it reads . `` They also use Attack.Phishing phishing emails to get access to your computer or network . `` If you click on a link , they can install ransomware or other programs that can lock you out of your data . ''

NETFLIX users are once again being warned not to fall Attack.Phishing for fake emails asking customers to update their payment details . The emails claim to be Attack.Phishing from the streaming service but are actually from scammers trying to steal your money . The convincing message reads : `` We 're having some trouble with your current billing information . `` We 'll try again , but in the meantime you may want to update your payment details . '' At the end of the email , there is a red button that tells you to `` Update Account now '' . But if you click on it and follow the link , you will be taken Attack.Phishing to a fake website that is actually run by scammers who may use the information you enter to hack your bank account . The Federal Trade Commission , a government agency in the US , has now issued an urgent warning about the Netflix `` phishing scam Attack.Phishing `` and urged consumers not `` take the bait Attack.Phishing `` . `` Scammers use your information to steal your money , your identity , or both , '' it explained . `` They also use Attack.Phishing phishing emails to get access to your computer or network . `` If you click on a link , they can install ransomware or other programs that can lock you out of your data . '' But it 's not the first time warnings have been issued over Netflix scams - in September this year Action Fraud did the same over a similar scam . And earlier in 2017 , Netflix users were also hit with a sophisticated ‘phishing’ scam Attack.Phishing inviting them to type in bank details on a fake login page .

Security researchers are closely investigating a spate of newly discovered data breaches Attack.Databreach in the Middle East , in which each case involved the deployment of an advanced , disk-wiping malware variant . Reports from Symantec suggest that a series of recent intrusions share some similarities with an infamous 2012 hacking operation that disrupted multiple Saudi energy companies . The mysterious perpetrators behind the destructive 2012 cyberattacks were dubbed Shamoon , a loosely defined hacking group with advanced capabilities . The malware once used by the enigmatic group — W32.Disttrack and W32.Disttrack.B — first showed up in the 2012 incident but was then again found by digital forensic experts as recently as Nov. 2016 . When successfully installed , Disttrack can corrupt Attack.Databreach files and overwrite a system ’ s master boot record , rendering the device unusable . “ Threats with such destructive payloads are unusual and are not typical of targeted attacks , ” security researchers wrote in a blog post shortly after the originally Saudi energy breach . On Monday , Symantec published what it believes are ties between Shamoon and another cyber espionage group , named Greenbug . Greenbug relies on a unique , custom information-stealing Attack.Databreach remote access trojan , or RAT , known as Trojan.Ismdoor , in addition to a suite of commoditized credentials stealing hacking tools . Greenbug tends to use Attack.Phishing phishing emails to infect victims . The group typically targets Middle Eastern aviation , government , investment and education organizations , Symantec ’ s research team said . Between June and November 2016 , Trojan.Ismdoor was used against multiple organizations based in the Middle East . “ The use and purpose [ of Trojan.Ismdoor ] do fit that of malware used by nation state attackers . Additionally , the information gathering conducted once the attacker is on the network also supports the types of operations seen by nation state attackers , ” Symantec senior threat intelligence analyst Jon DiMaggio told CyberScoop . Researchers say there is at least one case in which the two hacking groups — Shamoon and Greenbug — may have been simultaneously active inside a victim ’ s computer network . In this context , it is possible that Greenbug — acting as the espionage arm for Shamoon — collects Attack.Databreach the necessary information needed to conduct the disk-wiping attack .