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. ” The feature being abused here is known as DHCP option 121 , and it allows a DHCP server to set a route on the VPN user’s system that is more specific than those used by most VPNs. .”

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

The phishers often will explain that they’re calling from the employer’s IT department to help troubleshoot issues with the company’s email or virtual private networking (VPN) technology. Restrict VPN access hours, where applicable, to mitigate access outside of allowed times.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 8, 2020

” “But because of the rapidly growing market for compromised accesses and the fact that these could be sold to anyone , organizations need to focus more on efforts to understand, detect and quickly respond to network compromises,” Arena continued. ” WHO IS DR. .” ” WHO IS DR. SAMUIL?

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2022

re is was one of the original “residential proxy” networks, which allow someone to rent a residential IP address to use as a relay for his/her Internet communications, providing anonymity and the advantage of being perceived as a residential user surfing the web.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Malware-based anonymity networks are a major source of unwanted and malicious web traffic directed at online retailers, Internet service providers (ISPs), social networks, email providers and financial institutions. co and a VPN provider called HideIPVPN[.]com. SocksEscort began in 2009 as “ super-socks[.]com com, sscompany[.]net,

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

Riley Kilmer is co-founder of Spur.us , a company that tracks thousands of VPN and proxy networks, and helps customers identify traffic coming through these anonymity services. registered at the now-defunct email marketing service Smart Responder from an address in Gagarin, which is about 115 miles west of Moscow. Image: spur.us.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

“You literally just pull cash out of peoples’ inboxes, and then you have all these secondary markets where you can sell this stuff.” . “These guys want that hard digital asset — the cash that is sitting there in your inbox,” Bill said.

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