Category: Krebson

Real Crooks Sign Their Malware – Krebs on Security
01
Jun
2023

Real Crooks Sign Their Malware – Krebs on Security

Code-signing certificates are supposed to help authenticate the identity of software publishers, and provide cryptographic assurance that a signed piece…

Discord Admins Hacked by Malicious Bookmarks – Krebs on Security
31
May
2023

Discord Admins Hacked by Malicious Bookmarks – Krebs on Security

A number of Discord communities focused on cryptocurrency have been hacked this past month after their administrators were tricked into…

Phishing Domains Tanked After Meta Sued Freenom – Krebs on Security
26
May
2023

Phishing Domains Tanked After Meta Sued Freenom – Krebs on Security

The number of phishing websites tied to domain name registrar Freenom dropped precipitously in the months surrounding a recent lawsuit…

Interview With a Crypto Scam Investment Spammer – Krebs on Security
23
May
2023

Interview With a Crypto Scam Investment Spammer – Krebs on Security

Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. What…

Russian Hacker “Wazawaka” Indicted for Ransomware – Krebs on Security
16
May
2023

Russian Hacker “Wazawaka” Indicted for Ransomware – Krebs on Security

A Russian man identified by KrebsOnSecurity in January 2022 as a prolific and vocal member of several top ransomware groups…

Re-Victimization from Police-Auctioned Cell Phones – Krebs on Security
16
May
2023

Re-Victimization from Police-Auctioned Cell Phones – Krebs on Security

Countless smartphones seized in arrests and searches by police forces across the United States are being auctioned online without first…

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, May 2023 Edition – Krebs on Security
10
May
2023

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, May 2023 Edition – Krebs on Security

Microsoft today released software updates to fix at least four dozen security holes in its Windows operating systems and other…

Feds Take Down 13 More DDoS-for-Hire Services – Krebs on Security
09
May
2023

Feds Take Down 13 More DDoS-for-Hire Services – Krebs on Security

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week seized 13 domain names connected to “booter” services that let paying…

$10M Is Yours If You Can Get This Guy to Leave Russia – Krebs on Security
05
May
2023

$10M Is Yours If You Can Get This Guy to Leave Russia – Krebs on Security

The U.S. government this week put a $10 million bounty on the head of a Russian man who for the…

Promising Jobs at the U.S. Postal Service, ‘US Job Services’ Leaks Customer Data – Krebs on Security
02
May
2023

Promising Jobs at the U.S. Postal Service, ‘US Job Services’ Leaks Customer Data – Krebs on Security

A sprawling online company based in Georgia that has made tens of millions of dollars purporting to sell access to…

Many Public Salesforce Sites are Leaking Private Data – Krebs on Security
28
Apr
2023

Many Public Salesforce Sites are Leaking Private Data – Krebs on Security

A shocking number of organizations — including banks and healthcare providers — are leaking private and sensitive information from their…

3CX Breach Was a Double Supply Chain Compromise – Krebs on Security
21
Apr
2023

3CX Breach Was a Double Supply Chain Compromise – Krebs on Security

We learned some remarkable new details this week about the recent supply-chain attack on VoIP software provider 3CX. The lengthy,…