Hacked EA Server Used to Host Apple Phishing Page | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
Apple phishing scams are not uncommon, but phishing pages hosted on the website of a major company are certainly worth looking at. Experts have found ...


“The mere presence of old software can often provide sufficient incentive for a hacker to target one system over another, and to spend more time looking for additional vulnerabilities or trying to probe deeper into the internal network.”

The problem with phishing pages hosted on the web servers of reputable companies is that it’s less likely that they’ll be flagged. Furthermore, some users might be tricked into thinking that the pages are legit considering that they’re on a trusted domain.

In this case, the attackers could have made up a story about a collaboration between EA and Apple and that would have truly made the phish efficient.