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kkthompson
kkthompson
Member is a contributor and has less than 250 Photo, Flash and Illustration downloads in the past 0 months Member is an admin This user has the power to wield the BanHammer, a weapon forged in the fires of hell for that get-off-my-planet quality you can't get anywhere else. You betta reckonize.
Posted Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:22PM
On 2009-03-03 20:10:11, kkthompson wrote:

This afternoon a phishing attack was conducted in the forums and through sitemail. This attack created a fake istockphoto.com login screen, prompted the user for a username & password, saved them to a malicious server, then redirected the user back to the iStockphoto main page.

Some Q&A:

Is my credit card information safe?
iStockphoto does not store any credit card information, so there is no financial information to breach.

Is your site secure?
Our site is secure. We detected this attempted breach within minutes and implemented our security protocol: because we weren't sure how far-reaching it was, we took the site down to eliminate further exposure.

What should I do now?
Step 1: Please reset your iStock Password
Step 2: As a precaution, please make sure you reset all your online passwords on other sites if they happen to be the same as the one you use on iStockphoto.


(Edited on 2009-03-03 20:30:14 by kkthompson)
inhauscreative
inhauscreative
Member is a Diamond contributor and has 25,000 - 199,999 Photo, Flash and Illustration downloads in the past 0 months Member is a contributor and has less than 250 Video downloads in the past 0 months Member is a contributor and has less than 125 downloads in the past 0 months Member is a contributor and has more than 0 Logo downloads in the past 0 months Member is an Inspector iStockphoto Exclusive Exclusive iStockphoto Videographer Exclusive iStockphoto Audio Artist Member has had a Design Of The Week Member has had a File Of The Week Member has won a contest
Posted Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:23PM
Thanks Kelly!
manley620
manley620
Member is a Diamond contributor and has 25,000 - 199,999 Photo, Flash and Illustration downloads in the past 0 months Member is a contributor and has less than 250 Video downloads in the past 0 months iStockphoto Exclusive Exclusive iStockphoto Videographer
Posted Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:26PM

thank you, good to know that you guys are top of things as usual!


i thought it was BM 2.0 getting implemented!
JACEKWOO
JACEKWOO
Member is a Bronze contributor and has 250 - 2,499 Photo, Flash and Illustration downloads in the past 0 months Member is a contributor and has more than 0 Logo downloads in the past 0 months iStockphoto Exclusive Member has had a File Of The Week
Posted Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:26PM
Thanks istock for the efficiency in site security!
jamirae
jamirae
Member is a Gold contributor and has 10,000 - 24,999 Photo, Flash and Illustration downloads in the past 0 months Member is a contributor and has more than 0 Logo downloads in the past 0 months iStockphoto Exclusive Member has had a submission accepted to the Designer Spotlight
Posted Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:27PM
Thanks! Glad you all are on the ball against these losers! thank you thank you!
StephanHoerold
StephanHoerold
Member is a Gold contributor and has 10,000 - 24,999 Photo, Flash and Illustration downloads in the past 0 months Member is a contributor and has less than 250 Video downloads in the past 0 months iStockphoto Exclusive
Posted Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:27PM
Scary as h*ck!
dcdp
dcdp
Member is a Bronze contributor and has 250 - 2,499 Photo, Flash and Illustration downloads in the past 0 months iStockphoto Exclusive
Posted Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:28PM
Thanks for being so quick to act. Probably just as well they didn't do it on a weekend or something, it might have taken longer to catch.
Randomphotog
Randomphotog
Member is a Silver contributor and has 2,500 - 9,999 Photo, Flash and Illustration downloads in the past 0 months iStockphoto Exclusive
Posted Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:29PM
Awesome work, you'se guys! Also thanks for the updates via Twitter - that really helps!
SochAnam
SochAnam
Member is a Silver contributor and has 2,500 - 9,999 Photo, Flash and Illustration downloads in the past 0 months iStockphoto Exclusive
Posted Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:29PM
Thanks for keeping us informed! Kudos to the IT guys!
appleuzr
appleuzr
Member is a Diamond contributor and has 25,000 - 199,999 Photo, Flash and Illustration downloads in the past 0 months Member is a contributor and has more than 0 Logo downloads in the past 0 months iStockphoto Exclusive Awarded to fabulous photographers with more than 100,000 downloads
Posted Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:30PM
Do we really have to change our password as well as all other related passwords on other sites even if we did not follow the phishing link(s)?
FreeTransform
FreeTransform
Member is a Diamond contributor and has 25,000 - 199,999 Photo, Flash and Illustration downloads in the past 0 months Member is a contributor and has less than 250 Video downloads in the past 0 months Member is a contributor and has more than 0 Logo downloads in the past 0 months iStockphoto Exclusive Exclusive iStockphoto Videographer Member has had a submission accepted to the Designer Spotlight Mask
Posted Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:32PM
Where do you go to change your password? I can't find it.
Goldmund
Goldmund
Member is a Diamond contributor and has 25,000 - 199,999 Photo, Flash and Illustration downloads in the past 0 months Member is a contributor and has less than 250 Video downloads in the past 0 months Member is a contributor and has more than 0 Logo downloads in the past 0 months Member is an Inspector iStockphoto Exclusive Member has had a File Of The Week
Posted Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:32PM
There is a problem with JS on the site now. I can't open CN request for example.. Does it have anything to do with this attack? And yes, thanks for dealing with this so quickly.
StephanHoerold
StephanHoerold
Member is a Gold contributor and has 10,000 - 24,999 Photo, Flash and Illustration downloads in the past 0 months Member is a contributor and has less than 250 Video downloads in the past 0 months iStockphoto Exclusive
Posted Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:32PM
Yes, I would like to know that too!
Posted By appleuzr:
Do we really have to change our password as well as all other related passwords on other sites even if we did not follow the phishing link(s)?
kkthompson
kkthompson
Member is a contributor and has less than 250 Photo, Flash and Illustration downloads in the past 0 months Member is an admin This user has the power to wield the BanHammer, a weapon forged in the fires of hell for that get-off-my-planet quality you can't get anywhere else. You betta reckonize.
Posted Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:33PM
I would like to thank our security team who caught it right away--they did a really outstanding job. You can imagine things are hopping around here.

appleuzr: if you don't use the same password on all sites, you're fine.
Ceneri
Ceneri
Member is a Diamond contributor and has 25,000 - 199,999 Photo, Flash and Illustration downloads in the past 0 months Member is a contributor and has more than 0 Logo downloads in the past 0 months iStockphoto Exclusive Member has had a submission accepted to the Designer Spotlight Member has had a File Of The Week Member has won a contest
Posted Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:33PM
Thanks Kelly! We really appreciate it
MarsBars
MarsBars
Member is a Diamond contributor and has 25,000 - 199,999 Photo, Flash and Illustration downloads in the past 0 months Member is a contributor and has more than 0 Logo downloads in the past 0 months iStockphoto Exclusive
Posted Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:33PM
on the "account" tab on the top bar
rogermexico
rogermexico
Member is a contributor and has less than 250 Photo, Flash and Illustration downloads in the past 0 months Member is an admin This member tied their last cage challenge. Pity Member is an iStockphoto Steel Cage Judge.Forum Moderator
Posted Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:34PM

Posted By FreeTransform:
Where do you go to change your password? I can't find it.


Go to your profile page - it's on the right hand side, under 'Tools'.
SochAnam
SochAnam
Member is a Silver contributor and has 2,500 - 9,999 Photo, Flash and Illustration downloads in the past 0 months iStockphoto Exclusive
Posted Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:34PM
To change your password, go to your page and look to the right column (under your downloads). You'll see Tools and under that "change my password."
Susan_Stewart
Susan_Stewart
Member is a Silver contributor and has 2,500 - 9,999 Photo, Flash and Illustration downloads in the past 0 months iStockphoto Exclusive Member has had a File Of The Week
Posted Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:35PM
Uuuurgh! I've a feeling I got phished as I had to unexpectedly log in when I checked the site just before it went down. Password all changed now. (And I've got to work out where else I used that one - a few places I think, but as far as I can remember not for anything where they can get hold of my money! It's about time I changed it anyway, I guess.)
manley620
manley620
Member is a Diamond contributor and has 25,000 - 199,999 Photo, Flash and Illustration downloads in the past 0 months Member is a contributor and has less than 250 Video downloads in the past 0 months iStockphoto Exclusive Exclusive iStockphoto Videographer
Posted Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:38PM
you are right susan, i was like why do i have to login at this hour... out of place... good catch
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