Pakistan Arrests 21 in ‘Heartsender’ Malware Service – Krebs on Security
Authorities in Pakistan have arrested 21 individuals accused of operating “Heartsender,” a once popular spam and malware dissemination service that...
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DanaBot Malware Devs Infected Their Own PCs – Krebs on Security
The U.S. government today unsealed criminal charges against 16 individuals accused of operating and selling DanaBot, a prolific strain of...
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KrebsOnSecurity Hit With Near-Record 6.3 Tbps DDoS – Krebs on Security
KrebsOnSecurity last week was hit by a near record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that clocked in at more than 6.3...
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Breachforums Boss to Pay $700k in Healthcare Breach – Krebs on Security
In what experts are calling a novel legal outcome, the 22-year-old former administrator of the cybercrime community Breachforums will forfeit...
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Patch Tuesday, May 2025 Edition – Krebs on Security
Microsoft on Tuesday released software updates to fix at least 70 vulnerabilities in Windows and related products, including five zero-day...
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xAI Dev Leaks API Key for Private SpaceX, Tesla LLMs – Krebs on Security
An employee at Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI leaked a private key on GitHub that for the past two months...
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Alleged ‘Scattered Spider’ Member Extradited to U.S. – Krebs on Security
A 23-year-old Scottish man thought to be a member of the prolific Scattered Spider cybercrime group was extradited last week...
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DOGE Worker’s Code Supports NLRB Whistleblower – Krebs on Security
A whistleblower at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleged last week that denizens of Elon Musk’s Department of Government...
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DOGE Siphoned NLRB Case Data – Krebs on Security
A security architect with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleges that employees from Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency...
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Funding Expires for Key Cyber Vulnerability Database – Krebs on Security
A critical resource that cybersecurity professionals worldwide rely on to identify, mitigate and fix security vulnerabilities in software and hardware...
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China-based SMS Phishing Triad Pivots to Banks – Krebs on Security
China-based purveyors of SMS phishing kits are enjoying remarkable success converting phished payment card data into mobile wallets from Apple...
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Patch Tuesday, April 2025 Edition – Krebs on Security
Microsoft today released updates to plug at least 121 security holes in its Windows operating systems and software, including one...
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