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Monday, August 25, 2014

Bitcoin wallet phishing scores unlikely hit with crypto-curious

A new tactic where waves of Bitcoin wallet phishing emails are targeted at corporations has proved a success for the criminals behind it – with nearly 2.7% of victims clicking on the malicious link embedded in the two waves of 12,000 emails. Previous Bitcoin wallet phishing campaigns usually targeted known lists of Bitcoin users.
Proofpoint, which monitored the attack, said people who did not use Bitcoin wallets clicked on the emails as well as users of the cryptocurrency, which were sent in two separate waves directed at organizations across various industries.


Bitcoin wallet phishing scores unlikely hit with crypto-curious

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