Category: Krebson

BlackCat Ransomware Raises Ante After FBI Disruption – Krebs on Security
20
Dec
2023

BlackCat Ransomware Raises Ante After FBI Disruption – Krebs on Security

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) disclosed today that it infiltrated the world’s second most prolific ransomware gang, a…

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, May 2023 Edition – Krebs on Security
13
Dec
2023

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2023 Edition – Krebs on Security

The final Patch Tuesday of 2023 is upon us, with Microsoft Corp. today releasing fixes for a relatively small number…

ICANN Launches Service to Help With WHOIS Lookups – Krebs on Security
06
Dec
2023

ICANN Launches Service to Help With WHOIS Lookups – Krebs on Security

More than five years after domain name registrars started redacting personal data from all public domain registration records, the non-profit…

Breach Affected All Customer Support Users – Krebs on Security
29
Nov
2023

Breach Affected All Customer Support Users – Krebs on Security

When KrebsOnSecurity broke the news on Oct. 20, 2023 that identity and authentication giant Okta had suffered a breach in…

ID Theft Service Resold Access to USInfoSearch Data – Krebs on Security
28
Nov
2023

ID Theft Service Resold Access to USInfoSearch Data – Krebs on Security

One of the cybercrime underground’s more active sellers of Social Security numbers, background and credit reports has been pulling data…

Alleged Extortioner of Psychotherapy Patients Faces Trial – Krebs on Security
16
Nov
2023

Alleged Extortioner of Psychotherapy Patients Faces Trial – Krebs on Security

Prosecutors in Finland this week commenced their criminal trial against Julius Kivimäki, a 26-year-old Finnish man charged with extorting a…

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, June 2023 Edition – Krebs on Security
14
Nov
2023

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, November 2023 Edition – Krebs on Security

Microsoft today released updates to fix more than five dozen security holes in its Windows operating systems and related software,…

It’s Still Easy for Anyone to Become You at Experian – Krebs on Security
11
Nov
2023

It’s Still Easy for Anyone to Become You at Experian – Krebs on Security

In the summer of 2022, KrebsOnSecurity documented the plight of several readers who had their accounts at big-three consumer credit…

Who’s Behind the SWAT USA Reshipping Service? – Krebs on Security
06
Nov
2023

Who’s Behind the SWAT USA Reshipping Service? – Krebs on Security

Last week, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that one of the largest cybercrime services for laundering stolen merchandise was hacked recently,…

Russian Reshipping Service ‘SWAT USA Drop’ Exposed – Krebs on Security
02
Nov
2023

Russian Reshipping Service ‘SWAT USA Drop’ Exposed – Krebs on Security

The login page for the criminal reshipping service SWAT USA Drop. One of the largest cybercrime services for laundering stolen…

.US Harbors Prolific Malicious Link Shortening Service – Krebs on Security
31
Oct
2023

.US Harbors Prolific Malicious Link Shortening Service – Krebs on Security

The top-level domain for the United States — .US — is home to thousands of newly-registered domains tied to a…

NJ Man Hired Online to Firebomb, Shoot at Homes Gets 13 Years in Prison – Krebs on Security
23
Oct
2023

NJ Man Hired Online to Firebomb, Shoot at Homes Gets 13 Years in Prison – Krebs on Security

A 22-year-old New Jersey man has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for participating in a firebombing…