There’s a follow-up to a case I first noted in May of 2015. Charles Harvey Eccleston, 62, a former employee of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), pleaded guilty yesterday to a federal offense stemming from an attempted e-mail “spear-phishing” attack in January 2015 that targeted dozens of DOE…
Category: Phishing
NY: Hudson City School District employees hit by phishing scheme
Teachers in Lawrence Public Schools in Massachusetts weren’t the only school personnel hit by a phishing scheme this past week. Jillian Nadiack reports that Hudson City School District personnel were also hit. And although the Superintendent didn’t answer a direct question about whether anyone fell for the two emails, it sounds like at least some did: In…
MA: Lawrence teachers’ info compromised by phishing email
While some of us are spending this weekend digging out from snow, some Lawrence Public Schools teachers in Massachusetts are having to deal with protecting themselves from identity theft after an unspecified number of employees fell for a phishing scheme. Garrin Marchetti reports that personnel were notified of the breach of the online database by…
BitPay Sues Insurer After Losing $1.8 Million in Phishing Attack
Stan Higgins reports: BitPay has filed suit against a Massachusetts insurance company after losing $1.8m during a phishing attack last December. According to documents obtained by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, the bitcoin payment processor was defrauded in mid-December by an unknown individual posing as BTC Media CEO David Bailey, whose computer was infiltrated prior to the attack….
UK online banking users hit with Dyre malware phishing attacks
Jason Murdock reports: Online banking customers in the UK are being warned of a major phishing campaign using a notorious piece of malware designed to steal financial data. Customers of Barclays, Santander and Lloyds TSB are being targeted by the trojan malware known as Dyre. Nearly 20,000 malicious emails have been sent in the last…
UK: Phished IT bod opens door to 40,000 finance folks’ personal details
Kat Hall reports: A major data security breach at the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment has caused the release of 40,000 members’ details to a fraudster. On Friday (May 29) the professional body for finance and investment folk held an emergency meeting concerning the release of every member’s name, email address and membership level….