ThreatVlog Episode 8: DNS hijack through phishing and the Adobe breach

In this episode of the ThreatVlog, Marcus talks about the DNS hijack that took down a slew of popular websites, including WhatsApp, AVG, and Avira. These accounts were all compromised through one simple phishing scheme going after the Network Solutions accounts. Marcus also discusses the basics of the Adobe hack.

http://youtu.be/QIPX4r3NygQ

About the Author

Marcus Moreno

Supervisor, Threat Research

Marcus is Supervisor of Webroot’s Threat Research team in Broomfield, Colorado. Marcus worked for IBM, and later at Northrop Grumman as a network administrator before joining Webroot.