Timeshare Owner? The Mexican Drug Cartels Want You – Krebs on Security
The FBI is warning timeshare owners to be wary of a prevalent telemarketing scam involving a violent Mexican drug cartel that tries to trick elderly…
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This Windows PowerShell Phish Has Scary Potential – Krebs on Security
Many GitHub users this week received a novel phishing email warning of critical security holes in their code. Those who clicked the link for details…
Scam ‘Funeral Streaming’ Groups Thrive on Facebook – Krebs on Security
Scammers are flooding Facebook with groups that purport to offer video streaming of funeral services for the recently deceased. Friends and family who follow the…
Bug Left Some Windows PCs Dangerously Unpatched – Krebs on Security
Microsoft Corp. today released updates to fix at least 79 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and related software, including multiple flaws that are…
Sextortion Scams Now Include Photos of Your Home – Krebs on Security
An old but persistent email scam known as “sextortion” has a new personalized touch: The missives, which claim that malware has captured webcam footage of…
Owners of 1-Time Passcode Theft Service Plead Guilty – Krebs on Security
Three men in the United Kingdom have pleaded guilty to operating otp[.]agency, a once popular online service that helped attackers intercept the one-time passcodes (OTPs)…
When Get-Out-The-Vote Efforts Look Like Phishing – Krebs on Security
Multiple media reports this week warned Americans to be on guard against a new phishing scam that arrives in a text message informing recipients they…
New 0-Day Attacks Linked to China’s ‘Volt Typhoon’ – Krebs on Security
Malicious hackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Versa Director, a software product used by many Internet and IT service providers. Researchers believe the activity…
Local Networks Go Global When Domain Names Collide – Krebs on Security
The proliferation of new top-level domains (TLDs) has exacerbated a well-known security weakness: Many organizations set up their internal Microsoft authentication systems years ago using…
National Public Data Published Its Own Passwords – Krebs on Security
New details are emerging about a breach at National Public Data (NPD), a consumer data broker that recently spilled hundreds of millions of Americans’ Social…
NationalPublicData.com Hack Exposes a Nation’s Data – Krebs on Security
A great many readers this month reported receiving alerts that their Social Security Number, name, address and other personal information were exposed in a breach…
Six 0-Days Lead Microsoft’s August 2024 Patch Push – Krebs on Security
Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 90 security vulnerabilities in Windows and related software, including a whopping six zero-day flaws that are already…