Who’s Behind the NetWire Remote Access Trojan? – Krebs on Security
A Croatian national has been arrested for allegedly operating NetWire, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) marketed on cybercrime forums since 2012 as a stealthy way…
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Sued by Meta, Freenom Halts Domain Registrations – Krebs on Security
The domain name registrar Freenom, whose free domain names have long been a draw for spammers and phishers, has stopped allowing new domain name registrations.…
Highlights from the New U.S. Cybersecurity Strategy – Krebs on Security
The Biden administration today issued its vision for beefing up the nation’s collective cybersecurity posture, including calls for legislation establishing liability for software products and…
Hackers Claim They Breached T-Mobile More Than 100 Times in 2022 – Krebs on Security
Image: Shutterstock.com Three different cybercriminal groups claimed access to internal networks at communications giant T-Mobile in more than 100 separate incidents throughout 2022, new data…
When Low-Tech Hacks Cause High-Impact Breaches – Krebs on Security
Web hosting giant GoDaddy made headlines this month when it disclosed that a multi-year breach allowed intruders to steal company source code, siphon customer and…
Who’s Behind the Botnet-Based Service BHProxies? – Krebs on Security
A security firm has discovered that a six-year-old crafty botnet known as Mylobot appears to be powering a residential proxy service called BHProxies, which offers…
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 be reimbursed if funds on…
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 security holes in its Windows…
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 cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia…
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 at marital infidelity site Ashley…
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 more than 22,000 patients online,…
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 bypass its security and access…