The following press release was from October 5, from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Connecticut: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that MICHAEL RICHO, 34, of Wallingford, was arrested today…
Category: Phishing
Cybercriminals are using social media to trick customers into handing over their online banking credentials. Danny Palmer
Danny Palmer reports: A phishing campaign is targeting customers of every major UK bank, with cybercriminals posing as customer support staff on Twitter in an attempt to steal users’ online banking credentials. […] In this instance, cybercriminals monitor Twitter for users approaching genuine support accounts for banks, and attempt to hijack the conversation with a…
MA: Information of 13,000 Baystate patients possibly compromised due to “phishing”
Anthony Fay reports: About 13,000 patients of Baystate Health may have had some of their personal information compromised, due to a “phishing” e-mail that was received by some staff members. According to a Baystate Health news release sent to 22News, the information may have included names and dates of birth, in addition to medical information, such…
How Hackers Broke Into John Podesta and Colin Powell’s Gmail Accounts
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: On March 19 of this year, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta received an alarming email that appeared to come from Google. The email, however, didn’t come from the internet giant. It was actually an attempt to hack into his personal account. In fact, the message came from a group of hackers…
Russian Hackers Faked Gmail Password Form To Invade DNC Email System
Sheera Frenkel reports: Russian hackers used emails disguised to look as Gmail security updates to hack into the computers of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) and members of Hillary Clinton’s top campaign staff, according to a report by the SecureWorks cybersecurity company. The emails, which were sent to DNC and Clinton staff from March 10, appeared almost…
Connecticut Hacker Created Darknet Phishing Sites To Steal Bitcoins
JP Buntinx reports: The FBI and other law enforcement agencies have been keeping a close eye on the darknet marketplace sector as of late. During one of their investigations, they came across a person building clone websites of platforms such as AlphaBay. As it turns out, these were deliberate phishing attempts to collect login information from users…