Accused Russian RSOCKS Botmaster Arrested, Requests Extradition to U.S.A 36-year-old Russian man recently identified by KrebsOnSecurity as the likely proprietor of the massive RSOCKS botnet has...
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Wormable Flaw, 0days Lead Sept. 2022 Patch Tuesday
Wormable Flaw, 0days Lead Sept. 2022 Patch TuesdayThis month’s Patch Tuesday offers a little something for everyone, including security updates for a zero-day flaw in Microsoft...
Say Hello to Crazy Thin ‘Deep Insert’ ATM Skimmers
Say Hello to Crazy Thin ‘Deep Insert’ ATM SkimmersA number of financial institutions in and around New York City are dealing with a rash of super-thin...
Botched Crypto Mugging Lands Three U.K. Men in Jail
Botched Crypto Mugging Lands Three U.K. Men in JailThree men in the United Kingdom were arrested this month for attempting to assault a local man and...
SIM Swapper Abducted, Beaten, Held for $200k Ransom
SIM Swapper Abducted, Beaten, Held for $200k RansomA Florida teenager who served as a lackey for a cybercriminal group that specializes in cryptocurrency thefts was beaten...
Botched Crypto Mugging Lands Three U.K. Men in Jail
Botched Crypto Mugging Lands Three U.K. Men in JailThree men in the United Kingdom were arrested this month for attempting to assault a local man and...
Transacting in Person with Strangers from the Internet
Transacting in Person with Strangers from the InternetCommunities like Craigslist, OfferUp, Facebook Marketplace and others are great for finding low- or no-cost stuff that one can...
Violence-as-a-Service: Brickings, Firebombings & Shootings for Hire
Violence-as-a-Service: Brickings, Firebombings & Shootings for HireA 21-year-old New Jersey man has been arrested and charged with stalking in connection with a federal investigation into groups...
Final Thoughts on Ubiquiti
Final Thoughts on UbiquitiLast year, I posted a series of articles about a purported “breach” at Ubiquiti. My sole source for that reporting was the person...
How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability
How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate LiabilityPhishers are enjoying remarkable success using text messages to steal remote access credentials and one-time passcodes from employees at some...
PayPal Phishing Scam Uses Invoices Sent Via PayPal
PayPal Phishing Scam Uses Invoices Sent Via PayPalScammers are using invoices sent through PayPal.com to trick recipients into calling a number to dispute a pending charge....
When Efforts to Contain a Data Breach Backfire
When Efforts to Contain a Data Breach BackfireEarlier this month, the administrator of the cybercrime forum Breached received a cease-and-desist letter from a cybersecurity firm. The...