Category: Krebson

Pakistan Arrests 21 in ‘Heartsender’ Malware Service – Krebs on Security
28
May
2025

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…

DanaBot Malware Devs Infected Their Own PCs – Krebs on Security
23
May
2025

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…

KrebsOnSecurity Hit With Near-Record 6.3 Tbps DDoS – Krebs on Security
21
May
2025

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…

Breachforums Boss to Pay $700k in Healthcare Breach – Krebs on Security
15
May
2025

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…

Patch Tuesday, May 2025 Edition – Krebs on Security
14
May
2025

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…

xAI Dev Leaks API Key for Private SpaceX, Tesla LLMs – Krebs on Security
02
May
2025

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…

Alleged ‘Scattered Spider’ Member Extradited to U.S. – Krebs on Security
01
May
2025

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…

DOGE Worker’s Code Supports NLRB Whistleblower – Krebs on Security
23
Apr
2025

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…

DOGE Siphoned NLRB Case Data – Krebs on Security
22
Apr
2025

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…

Funding Expires for Key Cyber Vulnerability Database – Krebs on Security
16
Apr
2025

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…

China-based SMS Phishing Triad Pivots to Banks – Krebs on Security
10
Apr
2025

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…

Patch Tuesday, April 2025 Edition – Krebs on Security
09
Apr
2025

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…