Scammers Unleash Flood of Slick Online Gaming Sites – Krebs on Security
Fraudsters are flooding Discord and other social media platforms with ads for hundreds of polished online gaming and wagering websites that lure people with free…
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Scammers Unleash Flood of Slick Online Gaming Sites – Krebs on Security
Fraudsters are flooding Discord and other social media platforms with ads for hundreds of polished online gaming and wagering websites that lure people with free…
Phishers Target Aviation Execs to Scam Customers – Krebs on Security
KrebsOnSecurity recently heard from a reader whose boss’s email account got phished and was used to trick one of the company’s customers into sending a…
Microsoft Fix Targets Attacks on SharePoint Zero-Day – Krebs on Security
On Sunday, July 20, Microsoft Corp. issued an emergency security update for a vulnerability in SharePoint Server that is actively being exploited to compromise vulnerable…
Poor Passwords Tattle on AI Hiring Bot Maker Paradox.ai – Krebs on Security
Security researchers recently revealed that the personal information of millions of people who applied for jobs at McDonald’s was exposed after they guessed the password…
DOGE Denizen Marko Elez Leaked API Key for xAI – Krebs on Security
Marko Elez, a 25-year-old employee at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has been granted access to sensitive databases at the U.S. Social Security…
UK Charges Four in ‘Scattered Spider’ Ransom Group – Krebs on Security
Authorities in the United Kingdom this week arrested four alleged members of “Scattered Spider,” a prolific data theft and extortion group whose recent victims include…
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2025 Edition – Krebs on Security
Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 137 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software. None of the weaknesses addressed this…
Big Tech’s Mixed Response to U.S. Treasury Sanctions – Krebs on Security
In May 2025, the U.S. government sanctioned a Chinese national for operating a cloud provider linked to the majority of virtual currency investment scam websites…
Senator Chides FBI for Weak Advice on Mobile Security – Krebs on Security
Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) briefed Capitol Hill staff recently on hardening the security of their mobile devices, after a contacts list…
Inside a Dark Adtech Empire Fed by Fake CAPTCHAs – Krebs on Security
Late last year, security researchers made a startling discovery: Kremlin-backed disinformation campaigns were bypassing moderation on social media platforms by leveraging the same malicious advertising…
Patch Tuesday, June 2025 Edition – Krebs on Security
Microsoft today released security updates to fix at least 67 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and software. Redmond warns that one of the flaws…