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Krebs on Security
JANUARY 16, 2025
Last week, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) warned residents to be on the lookout for a new SMS phishing or “smishing” scam targeting users of EZDriveMA , MassDOT’s all electronic tolling program. In October 2023, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about a massive uptick in SMS phishing scams targeting U.S.
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 18, 2023
In August 2023, security researcher Randy McEoin blogged about a scam he dubbed ClearFake , which uses hacked WordPress sites to serve visitors with a page that claims you need to update your browser before you can view the content. Previously, the group had stored its malicious update files on Cloudflare, Guard.io
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Krebs on Security
MAY 21, 2021
One of the oldest scams around — the fake job interview that seeks only to harvest your personal and financial data — is on the rise, the FBI warns. Here’s the story of a recent LinkedIn impersonation scam that led to more than 100 people getting duped, and one almost-victim who decided the job offer was too-good-to-be-true.
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Urlscan also found this phishing scam from Jan. ” 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.” Here’s one example from Jan.
Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 21, 2020
The attacks were facilitated by scams targeting employees at GoDaddy , the world’s largest domain name registrar, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. In March, a voice phishing scam targeting GoDaddy support employees allowed attackers to assume control over at least a half-dozen domain names, including transaction brokering site escrow.com.
Krebs on Security
JANUARY 29, 2022
Several articles here have delved into the history of John Bernard , the pseudonym used by a fake billionaire technology investor who tricked dozens of startups into giving him tens of millions of dollars. The scam artist John Bernard (left) in a recent Zoom call, and a photo of John Clifton Davies from 2015. Tønnevold rejects this.”
Krebs on Security
JULY 29, 2021
. “You hand that over to a person who used to mine Ethereum or Bitcoin, and if they have a large enough dictionary [of pre-computed hashes] then you can essentially break 60-70 percent of the hashed passwords in a day or two,” said Fabian Wosar , chief technology officer at security firm Emsisoft. Take a deep breath.
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