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Crooked Cops, Stolen Laptops & the Ghost of UGNazi

Krebs on Security

” Islam and Woody were both core members of UGNazi, a hacker collective that sprang up in 2012 and claimed credit for hacking and attacking a number of high-profile websites. In 2017, Taylor was sentenced to three years probation for participating in multiple swatting attacks, including the one against my home in 2013.

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U.S. Indicts 2 Top Russian Hackers, Sanctions Cryptex

Krebs on Security

ru , which periodically published hacking tools and exploits for software vulnerabilities. By 2004, v1pee had adopted the moniker “ Vega ” on the exclusive Russian language hacking forum Mazafaka , where this user became one of the more reliable vendors of stolen payment cards. A screenshot of a website reviewing PM2BTC.

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Who’s Behind the SWAT USA Reshipping Service?

Krebs on Security

Last week, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that one of the largest cybercrime services for laundering stolen merchandise was hacked recently, exposing its internal operations, finances and organizational structure. Cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 says Fearlless first registered on Verified in February 2013.

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‘Spam Nation’ Villain Vrublevsky Charged With Fraud

Krebs on Security

In 2013, Vrublevsky was sentenced to 2.5 A Google-translated snippet of the hacked ChronoPay Confluence installation. The latest document in the hacked archive is dated April 2021. Among the escapades recounted in the ChronoPay founder’s diaries are multiple stories involving the self-proclaimed “King of Fraud!

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LastPass: ‘Horse Gone Barn Bolted’ is Strong Password

Krebs on Security

By 2013, new LastPass customers were given 5,000 iterations by default. The more iterations, the longer it takes an offline attacker to crack your master password. Palant said that for many older LastPass users, the initial default setting for iterations was anywhere from “1” to “500.” And very recently, it upped that again to 600,000.

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This Service Helps Malware Authors Fix Flaws in their Code

Krebs on Security

Almost daily now there is news about flaws in commercial software that lead to computers getting hacked and seeded with malware. But the reality is most malicious software also has its share of security holes that open the door for security researchers or ne’er-do-wells to liberate or else seize control over already-hacked systems.

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Giving a Face to the Malware Proxy Service ‘Faceless’

Krebs on Security

Verified and other Russian language crime forums where MrMurza had a presence have been hacked over the years, with contact details and private messages leaked online. In 2013, U.S. For the past few years, someone using the nickname Gaihnik25 has been posting messages to the Russian-language hacking forum Gerki[.]pw

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