Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

None of the profiles listed here responded to requests for comment (or to become a connection).

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Cybersecurity firm Mandiant (recently acquired by Google ) told Bloomberg that hackers working for the North Korean government have been copying resumes and profiles from leading job listing platforms LinkedIn and Indeed, as part of an elaborate scheme to land jobs at cryptocurrency firms.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2022

Inferno Pay, a cryptocurrency and payment API allegedly operated by the ChronoPay CEO. In a message to KrebsOnSecurity, Artimovich said while Vrublevsky was involved in a lot of shady activities, he doubts Vrublevksy’s arrest was really about SMS payment scams as the government claims.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

We’ve noted the gradual emergence of Bitcoin ATMs in scams previously; here, cryptocurrency ATMs are more popular as a payment method to SSNDOB than other dubious online services. Chainalysis also notes a potential connection between SSNDOB and another dark web market trading in credit cards which called it quits in 2021.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

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. cryptocurrency holdings online. attorney general.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 14, 2023

Both are alleged to be part of a larger criminal organization that specializes in using fake emergency data requests from compromised police and government email accounts to publicly threaten and extort their victims. The government alleges that on May 7, 2022, Singh used stolen credentials to log into a U.S.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The parents of a 19-year-old Connecticut honors student accused of taking part in a $243 million cryptocurrency heist in August were carjacked a week later — while out house-hunting in a brand new Lamborghini. ’s son was loaded with cryptocurrency? ” What made the Miami men so convinced R.C.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In November 2020, intruders thought to be associated with the Beige Group tricked a GoDaddy employee into installing malicious software, and with that access they were able to redirect the web and email traffic for multiple cryptocurrency trading platforms. DOMESTIC TERRORISM?

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2022

Donahue is co-founder of Kodex , a company formed in February 2021 that builds security portals designed to help tech companies “manage information requests from government agencies who contact them, and to securely transfer data & collaborate against abuses on their platform.” Image: Kodex.us. Image: Meta Transparency Report.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

. “The Molotov cocktail caused the immediate surrounding area to ignite, including the siding of the house, grass, and the wooded chair,” the government’s complaint against McGovern-Allen states. ” The government mentions the victims only by their initials — “K.M.”

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