Category: Krebson

New Protections for Food Benefits Stolen by Skimmers – Krebs on Security
17
Feb
2023

New Protections for Food Benefits Stolen by Skimmers – Krebs on Security

Millions of Americans receiving food assistance benefits just earned a new right that they can’t yet enforce: The right to…

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2023 Edition – Krebs on Security
14
Feb
2023

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2023 Edition – Krebs on Security

Microsoft is sending the world a whole bunch of love today, in the form of patches to plug dozens of…

U.S., U.K. Sanction 7 Men Tied to Trickbot Hacking Group – Krebs on Security
09
Feb
2023

U.S., U.K. Sanction 7 Men Tied to Trickbot Hacking Group – Krebs on Security

Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating “Trickbot,” a…

KrebsOnSecurity in Upcoming Hulu Series on Ashley Madison Breach – Krebs on Security
07
Feb
2023

KrebsOnSecurity in Upcoming Hulu Series on Ashley Madison Breach – Krebs on Security

KrebsOnSecurity will likely have a decent amount of screen time in an upcoming Hulu documentary series about the 2015 megabreach…

Finland’s Most-Wanted Hacker Nabbed in France – Krebs on Security
05
Feb
2023

Finland’s Most-Wanted Hacker Nabbed in France – Krebs on Security

Julius “Zeekill” Kivimäki, a 25-year-old Finnish man charged with extorting a local online psychotherapy practice and leaking therapy notes for…

Experian Glitch Exposing Credit Files Lasted 47 Days – Krebs on Security
25
Jan
2023

Experian Glitch Exposing Credit Files Lasted 47 Days – Krebs on Security

On Dec. 23, 2022, KrebsOnSecurity alerted big-three consumer credit reporting bureau Experian that identity thieves had worked out how to…

Administrator of RSOCKS Proxy Botnet Pleads Guilty – Krebs on Security
24
Jan
2023

Administrator of RSOCKS Proxy Botnet Pleads Guilty – Krebs on Security

Denis Emelyantsev, a 36-year-old Russian man accused of running a massive botnet called RSOCKS that stitched malware into millions of…

New T-Mobile Breach Affects 37 Million Accounts – Krebs on Security
20
Jan
2023

New T-Mobile Breach Affects 37 Million Accounts – Krebs on Security

T-Mobile today disclosed a data breach affecting tens of millions of customer accounts, its second major data exposure in as…

Thinking of Hiring or Running a Booter Service? Think Again. – Krebs on Security
18
Jan
2023

Thinking of Hiring or Running a Booter Service? Think Again. – Krebs on Security

Most people who operate DDoS-for-hire businesses attempt to hide their true identities and location. Proprietors of these so-called “booter” or…

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, January 2023 Edition – Krebs on Security
11
Jan
2023

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, January 2023 Edition – Krebs on Security

Microsoft today released updates to fix nearly 100 security flaws in its Windows operating systems and other software. Highlights from…

Identity Thieves Bypassed Experian Security to View Credit Reports – Krebs on Security
09
Jan
2023

Identity Thieves Bypassed Experian Security to View Credit Reports – Krebs on Security

Identity thieves have been exploiting a glaring security weakness in the website of Experian, one of the big three consumer…

Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys – Krebs on Security
26
Dec
2022

Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys – Krebs on Security

Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called “Zeppelin” in…