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FBI: Spike in Hacked Police Emails, Fake Subpoenas

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

based technology companies. Donahue said 60 technology companies are now routing all law enforcement data requests through Kodex, including an increasing number of financial institutions and cryptocurrency platforms. “That can include control over data, like an account freeze or preservation request.”

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Chinese Innovations Spawn Wave of Toll Phishing Via SMS

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 16, 2025

SMS phishing kits are hardly new, but Merrill said Chinese smishing groups recently have introduced innovations in deliverability, by more seamlessly integrating their spam messages with Apple’s iMessage technology, and with RCS , the equivalent “rich text” messaging capability built into Android devices.

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Tech CEO Sentenced to 5 Years in IP Address Scheme

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 17, 2023

based technology company Micfo LLC , has been sentenced to five years in prison for wire fraud. ARIN says the 5-year sentence handed down by the South Carolina judge “sends an important message of deterrence to other parties contemplating fraudulent schemes to obtain or transfer Internet resources.”

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Why Your VPN May Not Be As Secure As It Claims

Krebs on Security

MAY 6, 2024

Virtual private networking (VPN) companies market their services as a way to prevent anyone from snooping on your Internet usage. When a device initially tries to connect to a network, it broadcasts a message to the entire local network stating that it is requesting an Internet address. Image: Shutterstock.

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The Great $50M African IP Address Heist

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 11, 2019

A top executive at the nonprofit entity responsible for doling out chunks of Internet addresses to businesses and other organizations in Africa has resigned his post following accusations that he secretly operated several companies which sold tens of millions of dollars worth of the increasingly scarce resource to online marketers.

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A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS.

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Local Networks Go Global When Domain Names Collide

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 23, 2024

At issue is a well-known security and privacy threat called “ namespace collision ,” a situation where domain names intended to be used exclusively on an internal company network end up overlapping with domains that can resolve normally on the open Internet. SSL/TLS certs).

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No SOCKS, No Shoes, No Malware Proxy Services!

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 2, 2022

With the recent demise of several popular “proxy” services that let cybercriminals route their malicious traffic through hacked PCs, there is now something of a supply chain crisis gripping the underbelly of the Internet. A review of the Internet addresses historically used by Super-socks[.]biz Image: Spur.us.

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How Phishers Are Slinking Their Links Into LinkedIn

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

” In a statement provided to KrebsOnSecurity, Linkedin said it has “industry standard technologies in place for URL sharing and chained redirects that help us identify and prevent the spread of malware, phishing and spam.” . “The idea is to create a link that contains a clean page, redirecting to a phishing page.”

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GoDaddy Employees Used in Attacks on Multiple Cryptocurrency Services

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

NiceHash founder Matjaz Skorjanc said the unauthorized changes were made from an Internet address at GoDaddy, and that the attackers tried to use their access to its incoming NiceHash emails to perform password resets on various third-party services, including Slack and Github.

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Bomb Threat, Sextortion Spammers Abused Weakness at GoDaddy.com

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

Experts at Cisco Talos and other security firms quickly drew parallels between the two mass spam campaigns, pointing to a significant overlap in Russia-based Internet addresses used to send the junk emails. domaincontrol.com and ns18.domaincontrol.com). domaincontrol.com).

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The Life Cycle of a Breached Database

Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

One might even say passwords are the fossil fuels powering most IT modernization: They’re ubiquitous because they are cheap and easy to use, but that means they also come with significant trade-offs — such as polluting the Internet with weaponized data when they’re leaked or stolen en masse. TARGETED PHISHING.

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New Ransom Payment Schemes Target Executives, Telemedicine

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The first centers on targeting healthcare organizations that offer consultations over the Internet and sending them booby-trapped medical records for the “patient.” ” The other involves carefully editing email inboxes of public company executives to make it appear that some were involved in insider trading. . ”

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Fake Lawsuit Threat Exposes Privnote Phishing Sites

Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

Launched in 2008, privnote.com employs technology that encrypts each message so that even Privnote itself cannot read its contents. Other Privnote phishing domains that also phoned home to the same Internet address as pirwnote[.]com The real Privnote, at privnote.com. And it doesn’t send or receive messages. com include privnode[.]com

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Using Google Search to Find Software Can Be Risky

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 25, 2024

19, 2024) of more than 200 domains at the Internet address 93.190.143[.]252 Hegel noted that the spike in malicious software-themed ads came not long after Microsoft started blocking by default Office macros in documents downloaded from the Internet. How do we know freecad-us[.]org org is malicious? com , filezillasoft[.]com

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How to Tell a Job Offer from an ID Theft Trap

Krebs on Security

MAY 21, 2021

In late April, the FBI warned that technology is making these scams easier and more lucrative for fraudsters, who are particularly fond of impersonating recruiters. . “So my dad said, ‘Troll him back, and tell him you want a signing bonus via money order.’ ’ I was like, okay, what’s the worst that could happen?

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FBI’s Vetted Info Sharing Network ‘InfraGard’ Hacked

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

technology firm, confirmed receipt of USDoD’s message but asked to remain anonymous for this story. That InfraGard member, who is head of security at a major U.S. This is a developing story. Updates will be noted here with timestamps.

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Calendar Meeting Links Used to Spread Mac Malware

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Doug then messaged the Mr. Lee account on Telegram, who said there was some kind of technology issue with the video platform, and that their IT people suggested using a different meeting link. MacOS computers include X-Protect , Apple’s built-in antivirus technology. “We are actively working on fixing these problems.

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Karma Catches Up to Global Phishing Service 16Shop

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 17, 2023

In addition, 16Shop employed various tricks to help its users’ phishing pages stay off the radar of security firms, including a local “blacklist” of Internet addresses tied to security companies, and a feature that allowed users to block entire Internet address ranges from accessing phishing pages.

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E-Crime Rapper ‘Punchmade Dev’ Debuts Card Shop

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 17, 2024

With memorable hits such as “Internet Swiping” and “Million Dollar Criminal” earning millions of views, Punchmade has leveraged his considerable following to peddle tutorials on how to commit financial crimes online.

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SMS Phishers Harvested Phone Numbers, Shipment Data from UPS Tracking Tool

Krebs on Security

JUNE 22, 2023

” Pivoting on the domain in the smishing message sent to Dylan shows the phishing domain shared an Internet host in Russia [91.215.85-166] In April 2022, KrebsOnSecurity heard from Alex, the CEO of a technology company in Canada who asked to leave his last name out of this story. info , legodelivery[.]info com , crocscanadafee[.]info

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How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

Phishers are enjoying remarkable success using text messages to steal remote access credentials and one-time passcodes from employees at some of the world’s largest technology companies and customer support firms.

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Fla. Man Charged in SIM-Swapping Spree is Key Suspect in Hacker Groups Oktapus, Scattered Spider

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. technology companies during the summer of 2022. 9, 2024, U.S. A graphic depicting how 0ktapus leveraged one victim to attack another.

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Busting SIM Swappers and SIM Swap Myths

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

This includes people who run or work at cryptocurrency-focused companies; those who participate as speakers at public conferences centered around Blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies; and those who like to talk openly on social media about their crypto investments.

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How Phished Data Turns into Apple & Google Wallets

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Rather, the missives are sent through the Apple iMessage service and through RCS , the functionally equivalent technology on Google phones. The user simply waves their phone at a local payment terminal that accepts Apple or Google pay, and the app relays an NFC transaction over the Internet from a phone in China.

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Crooked Cops, Stolen Laptops & the Ghost of UGNazi

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. attorney general. .”

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Fighting Fake EDRs With ‘Credit Ratings’ for Police

Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2022

When KrebsOnSecurity recently explored how cybercriminals were using hacked email accounts at police departments worldwide to obtain warrantless Emergency Data Requests (EDRs) from social media firms and technology providers, many security experts called it a fundamentally unfixable problem. ” NEEDLES IN THE HAYSTACK.

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Hackers Gaining Power of Subpoena Via Fake “Emergency Data Requests”

Krebs on Security

MARCH 29, 2022

There is a terrifying and highly effective “method” that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data from Internet service providers, phone companies and social media firms. The document requested the Internet address history of Discord accounts tied to a specific phone number used by the target.

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The Dark Nexus Between Harm Groups and ‘The Com’

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Throughout 2022, LAPSUS$ would hack and social engineer their way into some of the world’s biggest technology companies , including EA Games, Microsoft , NVIDIA , Okta , Samsung , and T-Mobile. Pompompurin had been a nemesis to the FBI for several years.

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Meet the World’s Biggest ‘Bulletproof’ Hoster

Krebs on Security

JULY 16, 2019

What follows are a series of clues that point to the likely real-life identity of a Russian man who appears responsible for enabling a ridiculous amount of cybercriminal activity on the Internet today. Image: Intel471. Unfortunately, it has not yet been released publicly, and KrebsOnSecurity does not have permission yet to publish it.

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Infrastructure Laundering: Blending in with the Cloud

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2025

Silent Push’s Zach Edwards said that upon revisiting Funnull’s infrastructure again this month, they found dozens of the same Amazon and Microsoft cloud Internet addresses still forwarding Funnull traffic through a dizzying chain of auto-generated domain names before redirecting malicious or phishous websites. cloud providers.

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FBI: Spike in Hacked Police Emails, Fake Subpoenas

Chinese Innovations Spawn Wave of Toll Phishing Via SMS

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Tech CEO Sentenced to 5 Years in IP Address Scheme

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Why Your VPN May Not Be As Secure As It Claims

The Great $50M African IP Address Heist

A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

Local Networks Go Global When Domain Names Collide

No SOCKS, No Shoes, No Malware Proxy Services!

How Phishers Are Slinking Their Links Into LinkedIn

GoDaddy Employees Used in Attacks on Multiple Cryptocurrency Services

Bomb Threat, Sextortion Spammers Abused Weakness at GoDaddy.com

The Life Cycle of a Breached Database

New Ransom Payment Schemes Target Executives, Telemedicine

Fake Lawsuit Threat Exposes Privnote Phishing Sites

Using Google Search to Find Software Can Be Risky

How to Tell a Job Offer from an ID Theft Trap

FBI’s Vetted Info Sharing Network ‘InfraGard’ Hacked

Calendar Meeting Links Used to Spread Mac Malware

Karma Catches Up to Global Phishing Service 16Shop

E-Crime Rapper ‘Punchmade Dev’ Debuts Card Shop

SMS Phishers Harvested Phone Numbers, Shipment Data from UPS Tracking Tool

How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability

Fla. Man Charged in SIM-Swapping Spree is Key Suspect in Hacker Groups Oktapus, Scattered Spider

Busting SIM Swappers and SIM Swap Myths

How Phished Data Turns into Apple & Google Wallets

Crooked Cops, Stolen Laptops & the Ghost of UGNazi

Fighting Fake EDRs With ‘Credit Ratings’ for Police

Hackers Gaining Power of Subpoena Via Fake “Emergency Data Requests”

The Dark Nexus Between Harm Groups and ‘The Com’

Meet the World’s Biggest ‘Bulletproof’ Hoster

Infrastructure Laundering: Blending in with the Cloud

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