- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- July 3rd, 2015
The $5 Million Bitstamp Heist Was the Result of Highly Targeted Phishing
Attacker steals wallet with 5,000 BTC, waits to fill up
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- July 1st, 2015
URL to Fake Twitter Account Verification Page Clicked 17,000 Times in a Month
More than 3,000 users visited the fraudulent page this week
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 29th, 2015
Backdoor Delivered to Japanese Media Company in MERS-Themed Spear Phishing
Attack may be part of a cyber-espionage campaign
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 29th, 2015
Fake Email from Microsoft Asks for Billing Address Confirmation
Recipients can spot the fraud attempt easily
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 29th, 2015
Experimental Homograph Attack Pulled on LLoyds Bank’s Domain
Researcher also gets valid TLS certificate from Cloudflare
- Advisories
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 12th, 2015
Malware Downloader Spread Via MERS-Themed Spam
More attacks piggibacking on MERS outbreak are expected
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 12th, 2015
44.5 Million New Malware Variants Recorded in 1 Month
Wirelurker on OS X continues to be a menace
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 11th, 2015
Crooks Run “Forbidden Content” Scam on Facebook
Payment card info requested, victims risk financial losses
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 10th, 2015
FBI Raids Two Homes with Celebrity Photo Leak Implications, Makes No Arrest
Brute-force and phishing used to learn iCloud passwords
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 8th, 2015
Insecure Command and Control Server Exposes Crook Testing Keylogger
KeyBase is not sophisticated but gains increased popularity
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 6th, 2015
MacKeeper Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild Updated
Observed attack adds malware that can execute shell commands
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 5th, 2015
Blue Version of WhatsApp Is A Scam
Completing online surveys seems to be the end goal
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 3rd, 2015
Financial Institution Spied on for 3 Months with Non-Complex Malware
Intruders had access to sensitive information
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- May 27th, 2015
Facebook Account Recovery Scam Harvests Credentials and Financial Info
Users should know better than fall for this type of scam
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- May 22nd, 2015
Coast Electric Clients Targeted with Phishing Emails
Crooks set up bogus site to harvest account credentials
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- May 19th, 2015
Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability Affects Chrome for Android Updated
Attackers could still try to leverage the flaw
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- May 19th, 2015
St. Louis Federal Reserve Forces Password Reset Following DNS Hijacking Attack
Hackers set up phishing pages to collect login credentials