Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs John Clifton Davies, a convicted fraudster estimated to have bilked dozens of technology startups out of more than $30 million through...
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Diligere, Equity-Invest Are New Firms of U.K. Con Man – Source: securityboulevard.com
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: BrianKrebs John Clifton Davies, a convicted fraudster estimated to have bilked dozens of technology startups out of more than $30 million through...
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, August 2023 Edition – Source: krebsonsecurity.com
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs Microsoft Corp. today issued software updates to plug more than 70 security holes in its Windows operating systems and related products,...
Meet the Brains Behind the Malware-Friendly AI Chat Service ‘WormGPT’ – Source: securityboulevard.com
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: BrianKrebs WormGPT, a private new chatbot service advertised as a way to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to write malicious software without all...
Meet the Brains Behind the Malware-Friendly AI Chat Service ‘WormGPT’ – Source: krebsonsecurity.com
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs WormGPT, a private new chatbot service advertised as a way to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to write malicious software without all...
Teach a Man to Phish and He’s Set for Life – Source: krebsonsecurity.com
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs One frustrating aspect of email phishing is the frequency with which scammers fall back on tried-and-true methods that really have no...
How Malicious Android Apps Slip Into Disguise – Source: krebsonsecurity.com
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs Researchers say mobile malware purveyors have been abusing a bug in the Google Android platform that lets them sneak malicious code...
Russia Sends Cybersecurity CEO to Jail for 14 Years – Source: securityboulevard.com
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: BrianKrebs The Russian government today handed down a treason conviction and 14-year prison sentence on Iyla Sachkov, the former founder and CEO...
Russia Sends Cybersecurity CEO to Jail for 14 Years – Source: krebsonsecurity.com
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs The Russian government today handed down a treason conviction and 14-year prison sentence on Iyla Sachkov, the former founder and CEO...
Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort? – Source: krebsonsecurity.com
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online...
Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort? – Source: securityboulevard.com
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: BrianKrebs Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online...
Few Fortune 100 Firms List Security Pros in Their Executive Ranks – Source: securityboulevard.com
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: BrianKrebs Many things have changed since 2018, such as the names of the companies in the Fortune 100 list. But one aspect...
Few Fortune 100 Firms List Security Pros in Their Executive Ranks – Source: krebsonsecurity.com
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs Many things have changed since 2018, such as the names of the companies in the Fortune 100 list. But one aspect...
LeakedSource Owner Quit Ashley Madison a Month Before 2015 Hack – Source: krebsonsecurity.com
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs [This is Part III in a series on research conducted for a recent Hulu documentary on the 2015 hack of marital...
SEO Expert Hired and Fired By Ashley Madison Turned on Company, Promising Revenge – Source: krebsonsecurity.com
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs [This is Part II of a story published here last week on reporting that went into a new Hulu documentary series...
Apple & Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2023 Edition – Source: krebsonsecurity.com
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs Microsoft Corp. today released software updates to quash 130 security bugs in its Windows operating systems and related software, including at...
Top Suspect in 2015 Ashley Madison Hack Committed Suicide in 2014 – Source: securityboulevard.com
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: BrianKrebs When the marital infidelity website AshleyMadison.com learned in July 2015 that hackers were threatening to publish data stolen from 37 million...
Top Suspect in 2015 Ashley Madison Hack Committed Suicide in 2014 – Source: krebsonsecurity.com
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs When the marital infidelity website AshleyMadison.com learned in July 2015 that hackers were threatening to publish data stolen from 37 million...
Who’s Behind the DomainNetworks Snail Mail Scam? – Source: krebsonsecurity.com
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs If you’ve ever owned a domain name, the chances are good that at some point you’ve received a snail mail letter...
Who’s Behind the DomainNetworks Snail Mail Scam? – Source: securityboulevard.com
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: BrianKrebs If you’ve ever owned a domain name, the chances are good that at some point you’ve received a snail mail letter...
Russian Cybersecurity Executive Arrested for Alleged Role in 2012 Megahacks – Source: krebsonsecurity.com
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs Nikita Kislitsin, formerly the head of network security for one of Russia’s top cybersecurity firms, was arrested last week in Kazakhstan...
U.K. Cyber Thug “PlugwalkJoe” Gets 5 Years in Prison – Source: krebsonsecurity.com
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs Joseph James “PlugwalkJoe” O’Connor, a 24-year-old from the United Kingdom who earned his 15 minutes of fame by participating in the...
SMS Phishers Harvested Phone Numbers, Shipment Data from UPS Tracking Tool – Source: krebsonsecurity.com
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs The United Parcel Service (UPS) says fraudsters have been harvesting phone numbers and other information from its online shipment tracking tool...
Why Malware Crypting Services Deserve More Scrutiny – Source: krebsonsecurity.com
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs If you operate a cybercrime business that relies on disseminating malicious software, you probably also spend a good deal of time...
CISA Order Highlights Persistent Risk at Network Edge – Source: krebsonsecurity.com
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs The U.S. government agency in charge of improving the nation’s cybersecurity posture is ordering all federal civilian agencies to take new...
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, June 2023 Edition – Source: krebsonsecurity.com
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs Microsoft Corp. today released software updates to fix dozens of security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software. This...
Barracuda Urges Replacing — Not Patching — Its Email Security Gateways – Source: krebsonsecurity.com
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs It’s not often that a zero-day vulnerability causes a network security vendor to urge customers to physically remove and decommission an...
Service Rents Email Addresses for Account Signups – Source: krebsonsecurity.com
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs One of the most expensive aspects of any cybercriminal operation is the time and effort it takes to constantly create large...
Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware – Source: krebsonsecurity.com
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs Code-signing certificates are supposed to help authenticate the identity of software publishers, and provide cryptographic assurance that a signed piece of...
Discord Admins Hacked by Malicious Bookmarks – Source: krebsonsecurity.com
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs A number of Discord communities focused on cryptocurrency have been hacked this past month after their administrators were tricked into running...