Twitter’s Clumsy Pivot to X.com Is a Gift to Phishers – Krebs on Security
On April 9, Twitter/X began automatically modifying links that mention “twitter.com” to read “x.com” instead. But over the past 48...
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April’s Patch Tuesday Brings Record Number of Fixes – Krebs on Security
If only Patch Tuesdays came around infrequently — like total solar eclipse rare — instead of just creeping up on...
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Fake Lawsuit Threat Exposes Privnote Phishing Sites – Krebs on Security
A cybercrook who has been setting up websites that mimic the self-destructing message service privnote.com accidentally exposed the breadth of...
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‘The Manipulaters’ Improve Phishing, Still Fail at Opsec – Krebs on Security
Roughly nine years ago, KrebsOnSecurity profiled a Pakistan-based cybercrime group called “The Manipulaters,” a sprawling web hosting network of phishing...
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Phishes That Prey on Your Curiosity – Krebs on Security
Thread hijacking attacks. They happen when someone you know has their email account compromised, and you are suddenly dropped into...
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Recent ‘MFA Bombing’ Attacks Targeting Apple Users – Krebs on Security
Several Apple customers recently reported being targeted in elaborate phishing attacks that involve what appears to be a bug in...
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Mozilla Drops Onerep After CEO Admits to Running People-Search Networks – Krebs on Security
The nonprofit organization that supports the Firefox web browser said today it is winding down its new partnership with Onerep,...
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The Not-so-True People-Search Network from China – Krebs on Security
It’s not unusual for the data brokers behind people-search websites to use pseudonyms in their day-to-day lives (you would, too)....
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CEO of Data Privacy Company Onerep.com Founded Dozens of People-Search Firms – Krebs on Security
The data privacy company Onerep.com bills itself as a Virginia-based service for helping people remove their personal information from almost...
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Patch Tuesday, March 2024 Edition – Krebs on Security
Apple and Microsoft recently released software updates to fix dozens of security holes in their operating systems. Microsoft today patched...
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Incognito Darknet Market Mass-Extorts Buyers, Sellers – Krebs on Security
Borrowing from the playbook of ransomware purveyors, the darknet narcotics bazaar Incognito Market has begun extorting all of its vendors...
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BlackCat Ransomware Group Implodes After Apparent $22M Payment by Change Healthcare – Krebs on Security
There are indications that U.S. healthcare giant Change Healthcare has made a $22 million extortion payment to the infamous BlackCat...
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