E-Crime Rapper ‘Punchmade Dev’ Debuts Card Shop – Krebs on Security
The rapper and social media personality Punchmade Dev is perhaps best known for his flashy videos singing the praises of a cybercrime lifestyle. With memorable…
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Oh, and You’ve Been Served! – Krebs on Security
A California man who lost $100,000 in a 2021 SIM-swapping attack is suing the unknown holder of a cryptocurrency wallet that harbors his stolen funds.…
The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell – Krebs on Security
In 2020, the United States brought charges against four men accused of building a bulletproof hosting empire that once dominated the Russian cybercrime industry and…
Happy 14th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity! – Krebs on Security
KrebsOnSecurity celebrates its 14th year of existence today! I promised myself this post wouldn’t devolve into yet another Cybersecurity Year in Review. Nor do I…
BlackCat Ransomware Raises Ante After FBI Disruption – Krebs on Security
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) disclosed today that it infiltrated the world’s second most prolific ransomware gang, a Russia-based criminal group known as…
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2023 Edition – Krebs on Security
The final Patch Tuesday of 2023 is upon us, with Microsoft Corp. today releasing fixes for a relatively small number of security holes in its…
ICANN Launches Service to Help With WHOIS Lookups – Krebs on Security
More than five years after domain name registrars started redacting personal data from all public domain registration records, the non-profit organization overseeing the domain industry…
Breach Affected All Customer Support Users – Krebs on Security
When KrebsOnSecurity broke the news on Oct. 20, 2023 that identity and authentication giant Okta had suffered a breach in its customer support department, Okta…
ID Theft Service Resold Access to USInfoSearch Data – Krebs on Security
One of the cybercrime underground’s more active sellers of Social Security numbers, background and credit reports has been pulling data from hacked accounts at the…
Alleged Extortioner of Psychotherapy Patients Faces Trial – Krebs on Security
Prosecutors in Finland this week commenced their criminal trial against Julius Kivimäki, a 26-year-old Finnish man charged with extorting a once popular and now-bankrupt online…
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, November 2023 Edition – Krebs on Security
Microsoft today released updates to fix more than five dozen security holes in its Windows operating systems and related software, including three “zero day” vulnerabilities…
It’s Still Easy for Anyone to Become You at Experian – Krebs on Security
In the summer of 2022, KrebsOnSecurity documented the plight of several readers who had their accounts at big-three consumer credit reporting bureau Experian hijacked after…