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.

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

based technology company Micfo LLC , has been sentenced to five years in prison for wire fraud. Amir Golestan , the 40-year-old CEO of the Charleston, S.C. Canada, and parts of the Caribbean.

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MAY 6, 2024

In addition, a technology called “deep packet inspection” can be used to deny all in- and outbound traffic from the physical interface except for the DHCP and the VPN server. However, Leviathan says this approach opens up a potential “side channel” attack that could be used to determine the destination of traffic.

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Digital Shadows

MAY 3, 2021

Any Product Marketing professional worth their salt will have read the seminal “Crossing the Chasm” book, which highlights how technology. The post The Technology Adoption Lifecycle of Genesis Market first appeared on Digital Shadows.

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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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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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OCTOBER 15, 2022

AMLBot , a service that helps businesses avoid transacting with cryptocurrency wallets that have been sanctioned for cybercrime activity, said an investigation published by KrebsOnSecurity last year helped it shut down three dark web services that secretly resold its technology to help cybercrooks avoid detection by anti-money laundering systems.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2024

But experts say Fin7 has roared back to life in 2024 — setting up thousands of websites mimicking a range of media and technology companies — with the help of Stark Industries Solutions , a sprawling hosting provider that is a persistent source of cyberattacks against enemies of Russia. authorities. In May 2023, the U.S.

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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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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.

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MARCH 29, 2022

Virtually all major technology companies serving large numbers of users online have departments that routinely review and process such requests, which are typically granted as long as the proper documents are provided and the request appears to come from an email address connected to an actual police department domain name.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

” “Since playing Tradewars on my Tandy 1000 with a 300 baud modem in the early ’90s, I’ve had a lifelong passion for technology, which I’ve carried with me as Deputy CISO of the world’s largest health plan,” her profile reads. Maryann’s profile says she’s from Tupelo, Miss.,

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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.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Unfortunately, those most likely to fall for these OTP interception schemes are people who are less experienced with technology. Then you can call your bank or whoever else you need.

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MAY 30, 2023

On May 27, Nahmii — a cryptocurrency technology based on the Ethereum blockchain — warned on Twitter that one of its community moderators on Discord was compromised and posting fake airdrop details. On May 9, MetrixCoin reported that its Discord server was hacked, with fake airdrop details pushed to all users.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2022

“There has been no violation of our platforms and technological infrastructure,” Banorte said. But in a brief written statement picked up on Twitter , Banorte said there was no breach involving their infrastructure, and the data being sold is old. ” That statement may be 100 percent true.

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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.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

. “Suddenly the victim notices they have a couple of petabytes of data to restore over the Internet, and they realize that even with their fast connections it’s going to take three months to download all these backup files,” said Fabian Wosar , chief technology officer at Emsisoft. ”

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JANUARY 17, 2024

” “Punchmade Dev is best known for his creative ways to use technology, video gaming, and social media to build a fan base,” the profile continues. The profile explains that he launched his own record label in 2021 called Punchmade Records, where he produces his own instrumentals and edits his own music videos.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2022

Department of Justice (DOJ) says the GRU’s hackers built Cyclops Blink by exploiting previously undocumented security weaknesses in firewalls and routers made by both ASUS and WatchGuard Technologies.

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JUNE 22, 2023

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. A smishing website targeting Canadians who recently purchased from Adidas online. The site would only load in a mobile browser.

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JANUARY 25, 2024

252) are currently blocked by Google’s Safebrowsing technology, and labeled with a conspicuous red warning saying the website will try to foist malware on visitors who ignore the warning and continue. My guess it’s still continuing because of the up-and-down [of the] domains hosting malware and then looking legitimate.”

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 23, 2024

The fundamental problem with WPAD is the same with Active Directory: Both are technologies originally designed to be used in closed, static, trusted office environments, and neither was built with today’s mobile devices or workforce in mind.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

Bill Woodcock is executive director of Packet Clearing House , a non-profit research institute dedicated to understanding and supporting Internet traffic exchange technology, policy, and economics. “To say that he had an evident conflict of interest would be a gross understatement.”

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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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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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OCTOBER 5, 2022

” Jason Lathrop is vice president of technology and operations at ISOutsource , a Seattle-based consulting firm with roughly 100 employees. . “I wrote our LinkedIn rep and said we were considering closing the group down the bots were so bad,” Miller said.

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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.

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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. The real Privnote, at privnote.com. And it doesn’t send or receive messages. Creating a message merely generates a link.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

“Our technology ensures the maximum security from reverse engineering and antivirus detections,” ExEClean promised. Another domain tied to the ustraffic@qq.com email in 2016 was ExeClean[.]net The Exe Clean service made malware look like goodware to antivirus products.

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AUGUST 2, 2022

account for a slew of other “iboss” themed email addresses, one of which is tied to a LinkedIn profile for an Oleg Iskhusnyh , who describes himself as a senior web developer living in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. DON’T JUDGE A MAN UNTIL YOU’VE WALKED A MILE IN HIS SOCKS.

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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.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

A LinkedIn profile for Rizky says he is a backend Web developer in Bandung who earned a bachelor’s degree in information technology in 2020. Mr. Rizky did not respond to requests for comment.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

Facebook ; Gap (Apparel) Inc ; Fifth Third Bancorp ; Hearst Communications ; Hilton Interntional ; ING Bank ; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); McDonalds Corp. ; NBC Universal Media ; NRG Energy ; Oath, Inc (a.k.a Yahoo + AOL) ; Oracle ; Tesla Motors ; Time Warner ; US Bank; US Steel Corp.;

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 29, 2022

Several articles here have delved into the history of John Bernard, the pseudonym used by a fake billionaire technology investor who's tricked dozens of start-ups into giving him tens of millions of dollars.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2022

Pavel Vrublevsky , founder of the Russian payment technology firm ChronoPay and the antagonist in my 2014 book “ Spam Nation ,” was arrested in Moscow this month and charged with fraud.

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JANUARY 25, 2022

” Bailey said in one common type of arrangement, the lender provides the necessary capital, expertise, staff, technology, and corporate structure to run the lending business and keeps most of the profits.

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