Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: BrianKrebs The number of phishing websites tied to domain name registrar Freenom dropped precipitously in the months surrounding a recent lawsuit from...
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs The number of phishing websites tied to domain name registrar Freenom dropped precipitously in the months surrounding a recent lawsuit from...
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. What follows...
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs A Russian man identified by KrebsOnSecurity in January 2022 as a prolific and vocal member of several top ransomware groups was...
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs Countless smartphones seized in arrests and searches by police forces across the United States are being auctioned online without first having...
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs Microsoft today released software updates to fix at least four dozen security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software,...
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week seized 13 domain names connected to “booter” services that let paying customers...
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs The U.S. government this week put a $10 million bounty on a Russian man who for the past 18 years operated...
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs A sprawling online company based in Georgia that has made tens of millions of dollars purporting to sell access to jobs...
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs A shocking number of organizations — including banks and healthcare providers — are leaking private and sensitive information from their public...
We learned some remarkable new details this week about the recent supply-chain attack on VoIP software provider 3CX. The lengthy, complex intrusion has all the makings of...
For the past seven years, a malware-based proxy service known as “Faceless” has sold anonymity to countless cybercriminals. For less than a dollar per day, Faceless...
KrebsOnSecurity received a nice bump in traffic this week thanks to tweets from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about...
Microsoft today released software updates to plug 100 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including a zero-day vulnerability that is already being...
Several domain names tied to Genesis Market, a bustling cybercrime store that sold access to passwords and other data stolen from millions of computers infected with...
John Clifton Davies, a 60-year-old con man from the United Kingdom who fled the country in 2015 before being sentenced to 12 years in prison for...
Authorities in Germany this week seized Internet servers that powered FlyHosting, a dark web offering that catered to cybercriminals operating DDoS-for-hire services, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. FlyHosting...
The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has been busy setting up phony DDoS-for-hire websites that seek to collect information on users, remind them that launching...
Google says it has suspended the app for the Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo after malware was found in versions of the software. The move comes just...
A new breach involving data from nine million AT&T customers is a fresh reminder that your mobile provider likely collects and shares a great deal of...
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week arrested a New York man on suspicion of running BreachForums, a popular English-language cybercrime forum where some...
Microsoft on Tuesday released updates to quash at least 74 security bugs in its Windows operating systems and software. Two of those flaws are already being...
Two U.S. men have been charged with hacking into a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) online portal that taps into 16 different federal law enforcement databases....
A Croatian national has been arrested for allegedly operating NetWire, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) marketed on cybercrime forums since 2012 as a stealthy way to...
The domain name registrar Freenom, whose free domain names have long been a draw for spammers and phishers, has stopped allowing new domain name registrations. The...
The Biden administration today issued its vision for beefing up the nation’s collective cybersecurity posture, including calls for legislation establishing liability for software products and services...
