Krebs on Security

MARCH 10, 2020

was a now-defunct shop called “Dedushka” (“grandpa” in transliterated Russian), a service offering aged, fake Vkontakte accounts that was quite popular among crooks involved in various online dating scams. It also was used in 2007 to register xeka[.]ru For example, one early adopter of deer.io

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Accountability Advertising Hacking Cybercrime 341

SecureList

JUNE 26, 2023

Examples of scam threats and phishing Phishing and scam can pose a significant threat to SMBs, as scammers try to mimic payment, loan and other services, as well as cloud service providers like Microsoft, in order to obtain confidential information or company funds. Finally, the Trojan can install other malware, such as ransomware.

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Cybercrime Phishing Banking Malware 123

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

BitDefender Mobile Security feature assists customers in protecting against malware spread and phishing scams. NOTE 1- Sold with the name as SOFTWIN between 1996 to 2001, the software company was renamed as Bitdefender in the year 2007.

Mobile 101

Mobile Antivirus VPN IoT 101

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 23, 2021

Since 2017, host Jack Rhysider has investigated some of the most noteworthy stories related to the darkside of the internet, specifically hacking, data breaches, and cybercrime. Through interviews and research, Ran connects the dots between the early days of cybercrime and today’s stories of data hacks and breaches.

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Cybersecurity InfoSec Cybercrime Hacking 144

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Cybercrime is a growth industry like no other. There are dozens if not hundreds of types of scams out there, but we’re going to focus on the scams most likely to affect a business, such as phishing or business email compromise (BEC). since Q3 of 2007. In 2021 alone, IC3 received 847,376 complaints which amounted to $6.9

Social Engineering 120

Social Engineering Energy and Utilities Phishing Internet 120

Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

financial transactions associated with the commission of crimes, such as buying and selling drugs or weapons, leasing servers used in the commission of cybercrime, soliciting funds to support terrorist activity, or ransom, blackmail and extortion. .

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Cryptocurrency Marketing Cybercrime Banking 52

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 21, 2019

My big takeaways: Bulletproof weaponry Back in 2007, a noted fellow journalist, Brian Krebs, exposed how the Russian Business Network had pioneered something called “ bulletproof hosting.” These scams all tend to revolve around abusing the fundamental business logic built into the core applications that drive e-commerce, Keil told me.

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IoT Internet Internet Financial Services 153