Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2022

Twice in the past month KrebsOnSecurity has heard from readers who’ve had their accounts at big-three credit bureau Experian hacked and updated with a new email address that wasn’t theirs. In both cases the readers used password managers to select strong, unique passwords for their Experian accounts.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2024

A scammer called using a real Google phone number to warn his Gmail account was being hacked, sent email security alerts directly from google.com, and ultimately seized control over the account by convincing him to click “yes” to a Google prompt on his mobile device.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 says Fearlless first registered on Verified in February 2013. account isn’t connected to much else that’s interesting except a now-deleted account at Vkontakte , the Russian answer to Facebook. ” But the triploo@mail.ru However, in Sept.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

One of many self portraits published on the Instagram account of Enzo Zelocchi. Islam also pleaded guilty to reporting dozens of phony bomb threats and fake hostage situations at the homes of celebrities and public officials (Islam participated in a swatting attack against this author in 2013 ). Troy Woody Jr. attorney general.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Importantly, none appeared to have suffered the sorts of attacks that typically preface a high-dollar crypto heist, such as the compromise of one’s email and/or mobile phone accounts. “If you have my seed phrase, you can copy and paste that into your wallet, and then you can see all my accounts.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

Flashpoint said MrMurza appears to be extensively involved in botnet activity and “drops” — fraudulent bank accounts created using stolen identity data that are often used in money laundering and cash-out schemes. In 2013, U.S. was used for an account “Hackerok” at the accounting service klerk.ru

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

KrebsOnSecurity last month interviewed a victim who recently saw more than three million dollars worth of cryptocurrency siphoned from his account. By 2013, new LastPass customers were given 5,000 iterations by default. In February 2018, LastPass changed the default to 100,100 iterations.

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