Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2024

The Russia-based cybercrime group dubbed “ Fin7 ,” known for phishing and malware attacks that have cost victim organizations an estimated $3 billion in losses since 2013, was declared dead last year by U.S. Among the new Fin7 domains Silent Push found are several sites phishing people seeking tickets at the Louvre.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

This is evident by the apparent scale of the infrastructure behind a relatively new company based in Montenegro called PushWelcome , which advertises the ability for site owners to monetize traffic from their visitors. An ad from PushWelcome touting the money that websites can make for embedding their dodgy push notifications scripts.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2019

But when accounts at those CRM providers get hacked or phished, the results can be damaging for both the client’s brand and their customers. Here’s a look at a recent CRM-based phishing campaign that targeted customers of Fortune 500 construction equipment vendor United Rentals. Stamford, Ct.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 14, 2019

Scammers who make a living swindling Airbnb.com customers have a powerful new tool at their disposal: A software-as-a-service offering called “ Land Lordz ,” which helps automate the creation and management of fake Airbnb Web sites and the sending of messages to advertise the fraudulent listings.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

That service quickly went offline, but new research reveals a number of competitors have since launched bot-based services that make it relatively easy for crooks to phish OTPs from targets. agency — advertised a web-based bot designed to trick targets into giving up OTP tokens.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 16, 2020

Security experts are poring over thousands of new Coronavirus-themed domain names registered each day, but this often manual effort struggles to keep pace with the flood of domains invoking the virus to promote malware and phishing sites, as well as non-existent healthcare products and charities.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Adopting a shopping strategy of simply buying from the online merchant with the lowest advertised prices can be a bit like playing Russian Roulette with your wallet, for the simple reason that there are tons of completely fake e-commerce sites out there looking to separate the unwary from their credit card details. CHCEK THE SHIPPING.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Also known as “ Assad Faiq” and “ The Godfather ,” Iza is the 30-something founder of a cryptocurrency investment platform called Zort that advertised the ability to make smart trades based on artificial intelligence technology. had some personal problems and checked himself into rehab.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

SSNDOB advertised its services on dark web forums and offered customer support for buyers. You run the risk of being targeted for spear phishing, or having your personal information used for fraudulent applications. DDoS attacks from rivals are common, so several domains working together keeps things ticking over.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 9, 2021

Also, this greenhorn criminal clearly had bought into BriansClub’s advertising, which uses my name and likeness in a series of ads that run on all the top cybercrime forums. The payment message displayed by the carding site phishing domain BriansClub[.]com. Shortly after it came online as a phishing site last year, BriansClub[.]com

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Krebs on Security

JULY 16, 2019

For at least the past decade, a computer crook variously known as “ Yalishanda ,” “ Downlow ” and “ Stas_vl ” has run one of the most popular “bulletproof” Web hosting services catering to a vast array of phishing sites, cybercrime forums and malware download servers.

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