Phishing Attacks Targetting Blockchain.info on the Rise, Reports OpenDNS
OpenDNS Security Labs has recently revealed the extent of phishing attacks targeting Blockchain wallet users. Bitcoin has become the most valued financial instrument as it continues to put up a strong performance while other major currencies and markets are registering a slump following the Brexit results. As the value of the digital currency continues to increase, so are the number of phishing scams run by cybercriminals looking for ways to make a quick buck. In a recent blog post, the OpenDNS Security Labs has reported an increase in the number of phishing attempts, targeted towards....
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Criminals have started staging phishing campaigns having discovered that Bitcoin can provide an easier way to steal, says Cisco’s OpenDNS security team after they revealed a complex phishing scheme aimed at collecting user credentials from various Bitcoin-related services. The discovery was made after the price of the digital currency rose by over 58% to reach about $775 in the last month (though it has dropped in a week) based on several factors. The latter includes the finite and constrained supply of Bitcoin, its pending supply growth reduction next month, the anticipated supply drop....
As Bitcoin becomes more popular, so do phishing websites. A phishing website is a website that attempts to impersonate a company to gain information about it, or to steal money. One of the more popular methods of phishing is to make a fake website that looks identical to the real one with only a slightly different URL, and then have the user log in with their real credentials. The phishing site then remembers those credentials and logs in to the real website with that information. The phishing site now has full access to the fooled user's account. One of these phishing sites that became....
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Wallet and block exploring service Blockchain.info has upgraded its security, apparently in response to a phishing campaign. The company has beefed up the security on its Android wallet app, adding a PIN to the application to stop people from unauthorized access. According to reports from users, the company has also begun notifying people who attempt logins from untrusted computers. It asks them to confirm their login attempts, and informs them of the time, the IP address and the browser type being used to request access. "If this login attempt was not made by you this email can be safely....