By Ionut Ilascu on October 31st, 2014 Emails claiming to come from Bitstamp exchange service inform users that the trader of digital currency modified the bank account information, pointing to an attached file for more details.
The message is carefully crafted and could fool even the more suspicious users of the service.
Message shows powerful social engineering skills
With the sender’s address spoofed so that the message appears to have been sent automatically through the notification service of Bitstamp, and a signature from the CEO of the exchange, Nejc Kodric, users would have a tough time spotting the deceit.
Even the email body is constructed to remove suspicions, showing that skillful social engineers are behind the campaign. Full Article