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Happy 15th Anniversary, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

Maybe it’s indelicate to celebrate the birthday of a cybercrime blog that mostly publishes bad news, but happily many of 2024’s most engrossing security stories were about bad things happening to bad guys. A surveillance photo of Connor Riley Moucka, a.k.a. Image: Shutterstock, Dreamansions.

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Homebuyers Being Targeted by Money Transfer Scam

Security Affairs

Money Transfer Scam – Scammers hack the victims’s email accounts, monitor conversations between the buyers and title agents, send instructions on where to wire the money. The con in question is a money transfer scam with all the likeness of a typical transaction. Some choose to capitalize on homebuyers’ ignorance.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 510 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

US Justice Department says cybercrime forum allegedly affected 17 million Americans Cybercrime is increasingly complex. What are the risks?

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Coronavirus-themed attacks April 12 – April 18, 2020

Security Affairs

April 14 – FTC says $12 million were lost due to Coronavirus-related scams. Consumer reports received since January 2020 revealed that that approximately $12 million were lost due to Coronavirus-related scams, FTC says. April 15 – Coronavirus-themed attack: Experts uncovered flight refund scam.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 458 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Gov imposes visa restrictions on individuals misusing Commercial Spyware HPE is investigating claims of a new security breach Experts warn of a surge of attacks targeting Ivanti SSRF flaw How to hack the Airbus NAVBLUE Flysmart+ Manager Crooks stole $25.5

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 453 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Experts spotted a new macOS Backdoor named SpectralBlur linked to North Korea Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 487 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong EU investigating Telegram over user numbers Cryptojacking via CVE-2023-22527: Dissecting a Full-Scale Cryptomining Ecosystem Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter)

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