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,…
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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…
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 devices worldwide, pleaded guilty to…
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 many years. In a filing…
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 “stresser” services — designed to…
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 the first Patch Tuesday of…
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 credit reporting bureaus. Normally, Experian…
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 May 2020. He’d been on…
U.S. Govt. Apps Bundled Russian Code With Ties to Mobile Malware Developer – Krebs on Security
A recent scoop by Reuters revealed that mobile apps for the U.S. Army and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were integrating software that…
ConnectWise Quietly Patches Flaw That Helps Phishers – Krebs on Security
ConnectWise, which offers a self-hosted, remote desktop software application that is widely used by Managed Service Providers (MSPs), is warning about an unusually sophisticated phishing…
Judge Orders U.S. Lawyer in Russian Botnet Case to Pay Google – Krebs on Security
In December 2021, Google filed a civil lawsuit against two Russian men thought to be responsible for operating Glupteba, one of the Internet’s largest and…
New Ransom Payment Schemes Target Executives, Telemedicine – Krebs on Security
Ransomware groups are constantly devising new methods for infecting victims and convincing them to pay up, but a couple of strategies tested recently seem especially…