Pierluigi Paganini
September 20, 2019
The same threat actor continues to target celebrity Instagram accounts to push scam sites to their wide audience. Recently the Instagram account of the popular actor Robert Downey Jr.
Once the hackers have ta
In this way attackers could generate profits in two
The experts observed the threat actors behind the attacks following a specific scam pattern.
“Each of the Instagram accounts were hijacked over the past couple of weeks and the attackers were in control enough to rotate multiple shortened links leading to webpages with surveys that collect personal information; this is sold for marketing purposes, typically of a darker shade.” reported BleepingComputer.
Once hacked the celebrity Instagram accounts the modify the bio to post messages saying that the celebrity was allegedly giving away 2000 iPhone XS devices and directing followers to his Story page for more offers like this.
The hackers also published a link, created with the URL shortening service, in the account bio that was pointing to a survey page likely set up to collect personal information.
The landing pages used in the attacks are hosted on the same domain,
In the hack of Nicole Scherzinger and Yanet García accounts, the threat actor used a more effective bait, it
The attackers promise to release the sex tape when the app download counter hit 5,000. The hacked account showed a fake nude image in the attempts to lure the visitor.
Security experts are warning users to secure their online accounts, using strong passwords and enabling
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