Krebs on Security

AUGUST 28, 2020

Email service provider Sendgrid is grappling with an unusually large number of customer accounts whose passwords have been cracked, sold to spammers, and abused for sending phishing and email malware attacks. “And I just am not seeing anything this egregious in terms of viruses and spams from the other email service providers.”

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 18, 2022

The missives — which come from Paypal.com and include a link at Paypal.com that displays an invoice for the supposed transaction — state that the user’s account is about to be charged hundreds of dollars. ” A copy of the phishing message included in the PayPal.com invoice.

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Troy Hunt

AUGUST 30, 2023

They'd observed a phishing campaign that had collected 68k credentials from unsuspecting victims and asked if HIBP may be used to help alert these individuals to their exposure. Last week I was contacted by CERT Poland. Data accumulated by the malicious activity spanned from October 2022 until just last week.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 26, 2025

A new phishing campaign that uses the fake CAPTCHA websites we reported about recently is targeting hotel staff in a likely attempt to access customer data, according to research from ThreatDown. Our free Digital Footprint scan searches the dark web, social media, and other online sources, to tell you where your data has been exposed.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Cyber cops in Ukraine carried out an arrest and several raids last week in connection with the author of a U-Admin , a software package used to administer what’s being called “one of the world’s largest phishing services.” The U-Admin phishing panel interface. Image: fr3d.hk/blog. ” U-Admin, a.k.a.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 18, 2019

com — a forum popular among people involved in hijacking online accounts and conducting SIM swapping attacks to seize control over victims’ phone numbers — has itself been hacked, exposing the email addresses, hashed passwords, IP addresses and private messages for nearly 113,000 forum users.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Two young men from the eastern United States have been hit with identity theft and conspiracy charges for allegedly stealing bitcoin and social media accounts by tricking employees at wireless phone companies into giving away credentials needed to remotely access and modify customer account information. Prosecutors say Jordan K.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

The disclosure revealed a profitable network of phishing sites that behave and look like the real Privnote, except that any messages containing cryptocurrency addresses will be automatically altered to include a different payment address controlled by the scammers. A screenshot of the phishing domain privatemessage dot net.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 13, 2021

A recent phishing campaign targeting Coinbase users shows thieves are getting cleverer about phishing one-time passwords (OTPs) needed to complete the login process. A Google-translated version of the now-defunct Coinbase phishing site, coinbase.com.password-reset[.]com. The Coinbase phishing panel. million Italians.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

The COVID-19 epidemic has brought a wave of email phishing attacks that try to trick work-at-home employees into giving away credentials needed to remotely access their employers’ networks. For now at least, they appear to be focusing primarily on companies in the financial, telecommunications and social media industries.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The Russian-speaking Crazy Evil group runs over 10 social media scams, tricking victims into installing StealC, AMOS, and Angel Drainer malware. Since 2021, the Crazy Evil gang has become a major cybercriminal group, using phishing, identity fraud, and malware to steal cryptocurrency. Victim losses range from $0.10

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Microsoft disrupted the ONNX phishing service, seizing 240 sites and naming an Egyptian man as the operator behind the operation. Microsoft announced the disruption of the ONNX phishing service, another success against cybercrime which led to the seizure of 240 sites. Microsoft has tracked Nady, linked to phishing services since 2017.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Most of us have been trained to be wary of clicking on links and attachments that arrive in emails unexpected, but it’s easy to forget scam artists are constantly dreaming up innovations that put a new shine on old-fashioned telephone-based phishing scams. After the unauthorized charges, he had just $300 remaining in his account.

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Pen Test Partners

AUGUST 29, 2024

Phishing awareness : Stay alert to phishing attempts by scrutinising emails and messages that request personal information or direct you to suspicious websites. Secure networks : Avoid using untrusted public Wi-Fi to access social media accounts, instead, use mobile data. Multi-Factor authentication (MFA).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

From generating deepfakes to enhancing phishing campaigns, GAI is evolving into a tool for large-scale cyber offenses GAI has captured the attention of researchers and investors for its transformative potential across industries. An example of this misuse is the creation of fraudulent social media profiles using GAI.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The FBI official added: “People looking to further protect their mobile device communications would benefit from considering using a cellphone that automatically receives timely operating system updates, responsibly managed encryption and phishing resistant multi-factor authentication for email, social media, and collaboration tool accounts.”

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2023

Social media giants have long held too much power over our digital identities. By making people feel like mere products- this exploitative digital environment further encourages a bubble of distrust amongst social media users. The fine was the largest ever imposed on a social media company for privacy violations.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 31, 2025

Level Up Your Security: Embrace Passkeys and Phishing-Resistant 2FA andrew.gertz@t Fri, 01/31/2025 - 15:17 Celebrate Change Your Password Day and 2FA Day by embracing passkeys and phishing-resistant 2FA. When a user registers with a service, a unique passkey linked to their account is generated and stored securely on their device.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 9, 2019

A ransomware outbreak that hit QuickBooks cloud hosting firm iNSYNQ in mid-July appears to have started with an email phishing attack that snared an employee working in sales for the company, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. “I take full responsibility for this. Image: Accenture iDefense.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Media coverage understandably focused on GoDaddy’s admission that it suffered three different cyberattacks over as many years at the hands of the same hacking group. But it’s worth revisiting how this group typically got in to targeted companies: By calling employees and tricking them into navigating to a phishing website.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 19, 2025

Holistic Identity: The New Cyber Battleground Organizations have traditionally focused on securing individual account credentials, but SpyClouds research indicates that cybercriminals have expanded their tactics beyond conventional account takeover. Media contact : Emily Brown, REQ on behalf of SpyCloud, ebrown@req.co

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 17, 2018

Having watched this pattern play out over the years, the offending Twitter accounts do seem to eventually realise that the strategy is either ineffective or simply pisses too many people off and cease the spam after a little while. Subsequent to-and-fro suggests they don’t see it as a social media anti pattern, comments from the masses?

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Malwarebytes

MAY 16, 2024

More and more websites and services are making multi-factor-authentication (MFA) mandatory, which makes it much harder for cybercriminals to access your accounts. A type of phishing we’re calling authentication-in-the-middle is showing up in online media. That’s a great thing. Use security software.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Identity security vendors have focused narrowly on securing corporate accounts, leaving organizations vulnerable to cybercriminals exploiting the broader identity exposures of employees, consumers, and suppliers. A shift to an identity-centric perspective is needed, particularly as the scope of identity exposures continues to grow. .

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2024

. “He stands accused of hacking into corporate accounts and stealing critical information, which allegedly enabled the group to access multi-million-dollar funds,” Murcia Today wrote. ” The cybercrime-focused Twitter/X account vx-underground said the U.K. A Scattered Spider phishing lure sent to Twilio employees.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 28, 2025

From bogus IRS messages to sneaky links designed to swipe your refund (and identity), phishing scams are ramping up. Common tax scams, including a Ghost Preparer One prevalent scam involves phishing emails and text messages that appear to be from the IRS or reputable tax preparation services.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 27, 2023

In its H1 2023 Report: Cybersecurity Trends & Insights , Perception Point reported an overall increase in social engineering attacks, including a 20% growth in the prevalence of Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks along with a 41% surge in phishing attacks from H2 2022 to H1 2023.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

And yet, if artificial intelligence achieves what is called an agentic model in 2025, novel and boundless attacks could be within reach, as AI tools take on the roles of agents that independently discover vulnerabilities, steal logins, and pry into accounts. These are real threats, but they are not novel. That could change in 2025.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

In fact, the group often announces its hacks on social media. The smash-and-grab attacks by LAPSUS$ obscure some of the group’s less public activities, which according to Microsoft include targeting individual user accounts at cryptocurrency exchanges to drain crypto holdings. “voice phishing” a.k.a.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

In March, a voice phishing scam targeting GoDaddy support employees allowed attackers to assume control over at least a half-dozen domain names, including transaction brokering site escrow.com. “This gave the actor the ability to change DNS records and in turn, take control of a number of internal email accounts. PST on Nov.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2024

Adaptive phishing campaigns are emerging as an increasingly sophisticated threat in the cybersecurity landscape. The phenomenon This phenomenon represents an evolution of traditional phishing tactics, as attackers seek to overcome defenses using more personalized and targeted approaches.

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Jane Frankland

JANUARY 19, 2025

In it, she highlighted a fascinating shift in social media behaviour: the most common action people are now taking isnt liking or commenting on public postsits actually having private conversations in direct messages or small, private groups. A few minutes earlier, Id been scrolling through LinkedIn when a video caught my attention.

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Hacker's King

JANUARY 1, 2025

In today's world, social media platforms like Twitter have become a huge part of our lives as we keep them updated about ourselves. We use Twitter, which can be defined as a famous social media platform and microblogging service that we use to share small messagestweetsto keep everyone updated. Be cautious with public Wi-Fi.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 14, 2022

This type of targeted phishing or whaling (executive-level) attack tricks email recipients into believing someone they know and trust is asking them to carry out a specific financial task. The CFO commonly carries out such tasks and arranges a wire transfer using the account information provided on the invoice. Scenario 2. Scenario 3.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Later, a security researcher disclosed information about the content of the stolen data with the media. Some forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) can be phished just as easily as a password. 2FA that relies on a FIDO2 device can’t be phished. Watch out for fake vendors. The thieves may contact you posing as the vendor.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Phishing has been striking dread into the hearts of IT security teams all over the world almost since email came into use, with the term first appearing in 1995. Since then, phishing attacks have increased, become more widespread and frequent, and developed more sophisticated methods. However, there are no shortcuts.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 6, 2022

million customers have had their user accounts compromised in credential stuffing attacks. Credential stuffing is the automated injection of stolen username and password pairs in to website login forms, in order to fraudulently gain access to user accounts. Using a forum or social media account to send phishing messages or spam.

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