FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses – Krebs on Security
A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses from people…
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Who’s Tracking You? Use This New Service to Find Out – Krebs on Security
It can be daunting to determine who’s responsible for showing ads on the websites we visit, or who’s harvesting data from the mobile apps we…
Microsoft Plugs Nearly 400 Security Holes – Krebs on Security
Microsoft today released updates to remedy at least 398 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software, including one weakness that is already…
Canadian Man Pleads Guilty in Snowflake Extortions – Krebs on Security
A 26-year-old Canadian man once described as one of the most consequential cybercrime threat actors of 2024 has pleaded guilty to computer fraud and conspiracy…
Read This Before You Buy That TV Streaming Stick – Krebs on Security
Security experts have been sounding the alarm for years about the risks of using generic TV boxes that promise unlimited content streaming for a one-time…
LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps – Krebs on Security
The home appliance giant LG Electronics USA said this week it plans to suspend any apps built for its smart TVs that turn one’s television…
Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws – Krebs on Security
Microsoft Corp. today released software updates to plug at least 570 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, almost triple the number…
Lessons Learned from CISA’s Recent GitHub Leak – Krebs on Security
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a postmortem on a recent data leak in which a contractor published dozens of internal CISA…
Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startup – Krebs on Security
A cybersecurity startup dangling millions of dollars to acquire zero-day security vulnerabilities in popular software is run by a pair of far-right conspiracy theorists and…
FBI Seizes NetNut Proxy Platform, Popa Botnet – Krebs on Security
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said today it worked with industry partners to seize hundreds of domains associated with NetNut, a sprawling residential proxy…
Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of Trial – Krebs on Security
Two men pleaded guilty in the United Kingdom this week to criminal charges stemming from an August 2024 cyberattack that crippled Transport for London, the…
Who Runs the Ransomware Group ‘The Gentlemen?’ – Krebs on Security
A cybercrime group known as The Gentlemen has emerged as the second most active ransomware gang by victim count, rapidly attracting a talented pool of…