Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

A cyberattack that shut down two of the top casinos in Las Vegas last year quickly became one of the most riveting security stories of 2023: It was the first known case of native English-speaking hackers in the United States and Britain teaming up with ransomware gangs based in Russia. POMPOMPURIN In March 2023, U.S.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

xyz , a domain registered in November 2023. According to DomainTools.com , the organization that registered this domain is called “ apkdownloadweb ,” is based in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, and uses the DNS servers of a Web hosting company in Bangladesh called webhostbd[.]net.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Unfortunately for us, Doug freaked out after deciding he’d been tricked — backing up his important documents, changing his passwords, and then reinstalling macOS on his computer. While this a perfectly sane response, it means we don’t have the actual malware that was pushed to his Mac by the script.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

Throughout 2023, Tornote was hosted with the Russian provider DDoS-Guard , at the Internet address 186.2.163[.]216. In keeping with the overall theme, these phishing domains appear focused on stealing usernames and passwords to some of the cybercrime underground’s busiest shops, including Brian’s Club.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Countless websites and online services use SMS text messages for both password resets and multi-factor authentication. All three SIM-swapping entities that were tracked for this story remain active in 2023, and they all conduct business in open channels on the instant messaging platform Telegram.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2024

It remains unclear which Chetal family member acquired the 2023 Lamborghini Urus, which has a starting price of around $233,000. From there, the attacker can intercept any password reset links, and any one-time passcodes sent via SMS or automated voice calls.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 28, 2024

2023, the Pennsylvania news outlet LancasterOnline.com published a story about Adam Kidan , a wealthy businessman with a criminal past who is a major donor to Republican causes and candidates, including Rep. But Sholtis said he didn’t enter his Outlook username and password.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2024

. “So, the attacker receives the invitation to fill out the form – and when they complete it, they enter their intended victim’s email address into the form, not their own,” Cluely wrote in a December 2023 post. ” The fake Google representative was polite, patient, professional and reassuring.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2025

In 2023, Suncity’s CEO was sentenced to 18 years in prison on charges of fraud, illegal gambling, and “ triad offenses,” i.e. working with Chinese transnational organized crime syndicates. vulnerability scanning and password brute force attacks) was being bounced through U.S.-based based cloud providers.

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