Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The goal is to convince the target to enter their credentials at a website set up by the attackers that mimics the organization’s corporate email or VPN portal. The phishers will usually claim that they’re calling from the employer’s IT department, supposedly to help troubleshoot some issue.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 24, 2020

Anyone curious about why this might be a good approach should have a look at this deep-dive from 2019 on “DNSpionage,” the name given to the exploits of an Iranian group that has successfully stolen countless passwords and VPN credentials from major companies via DNS-based attacks.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2022

“Experian now sometimes does require MFA for me now if I use a new browser or have my VPN on,” Rishi said, but he’s not sure if Experian’s free service would have operated differently. “We believe these are isolated incidents of fraud using stolen consumer information,” Experian’s statement reads.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

.” Bill says that in general companies have a great many more tools available for securing and analyzing employee email traffic when that access is funneled through a Web page or VPN, versus when that access happens via IMAP.

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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. In this post we’ll examine clues left behind over the past decade by the proprietor of Faceless, including some that may help put a face to the name.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

Very often, this proxy software is installed surreptitiously, such as through a “Free VPN” service or mobile app. A residential proxy generally refers to a computer or mobile device running some type of software that enables the system to be used as a pass-through for Internet traffic from others.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 29, 2022

This is very illegal and you will get raided if you don’t use a vpn. You won’t get the login for the account, but you’ll basically obtain everything in the account if you play your cards right. I am not legally responsible if you mishandle this.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Griffin said a follow-up investigation revealed the attackers had used his Gmail account to gain access to his Coinbase account from a VPN connection in California, providing the multi-factor code from his Google Authenticator app.

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