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Booking.com Phishers May Leave You With Reservations

Krebs on Security

We’ll also explore an array of cybercrime services aimed at phishers who target hotels that rely on the world’s most visited travel website. A number of cybercriminal innovations are making it easier for scammers to cash in on your upcoming travel plans. million phishing attempts in 2023.”

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Crooked Cops, Stolen Laptops & the Ghost of UGNazi

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A California man accused of failing to pay taxes on tens of millions of dollars allegedly earned from cybercrime also paid local police officers hundreds of thousands of dollars to help him extort, intimidate and silence rivals and former business partners, the government alleges.

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The Dark Nexus Between Harm Groups and ‘The Com’

Krebs on Security

The security firm CrowdStrike dubbed the group “ Scattered Spider ,” a recognition that the MGM hackers came from different hacker cliques scattered across an ocean of Telegram and Discord servers dedicated to financially-oriented cybercrime. ” Beige members were implicated in two stories published here in 2020.

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A Single Cloud Compromise Can Feed an Army of AI Sex Bots

Krebs on Security

” Ian Ahl , senior vice president of threat research at Permiso, said attackers in possession of a working cloud account traditionally have used that access for run-of-the-mill financial cybercrime, such as cryptocurrency mining or spam. Image: Shutterstock.