Category: Krebson

BlackCat Ransomware Group Implodes After Apparent $22M Payment by Change Healthcare – Krebs on Security
06
Mar
2024

BlackCat Ransomware Group Implodes After Apparent $22M Payment by Change Healthcare – Krebs on Security

There are indications that U.S. healthcare giant Change Healthcare has made a $22 million extortion payment to the infamous BlackCat…

FBI’s LockBit Takedown Postponed a Ticking Time Bomb in Fulton County, Ga. – Krebs on Security
01
Mar
2024

Fulton County, Security Experts Call LockBit’s Bluff – Krebs on Security

The ransomware group LockBit told officials with Fulton County, Ga. they could expect to see their internal documents published online…

Calendar Meeting Links Used to Spread Mac Malware – Krebs on Security
28
Feb
2024

Calendar Meeting Links Used to Spread Mac Malware – Krebs on Security

Malicious hackers are targeting people in the cryptocurrency space in attacks that start with a link added to the target’s…

FBI’s LockBit Takedown Postponed a Ticking Time Bomb in Fulton County, Ga. – Krebs on Security
26
Feb
2024

FBI’s LockBit Takedown Postponed a Ticking Time Bomb in Fulton County, Ga. – Krebs on Security

The FBI’s takedown of the LockBit ransomware group last week came as LockBit was preparing to release sensitive data stolen…

New Leak Shows Business Side of China’s APT Menace – Krebs on Security
22
Feb
2024

New Leak Shows Business Side of China’s APT Menace – Krebs on Security

A new data leak that appears to have come from one of China’s top private cybersecurity firms provides a rare…

Feds Seize LockBit Ransomware Websites, Offer Decryption Tools, Troll Affiliates – Krebs on Security
20
Feb
2024

Feds Seize LockBit Ransomware Websites, Offer Decryption Tools, Troll Affiliates – Krebs on Security

U.S. and U.K. authorities have seized the darknet websites run by LockBit, a prolific and destructive ransomware group that has…

U.S. Internet Leaked Years of Internal, Customer Emails – Krebs on Security
14
Feb
2024

U.S. Internet Leaked Years of Internal, Customer Emails – Krebs on Security

The Minnesota-based Internet provider U.S. Internet Corp. has a business unit called Securence, which specializes in providing filtered, secure email…

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, June 2023 Edition – Krebs on Security
14
Feb
2024

Fat Patch Tuesday, February 2024 Edition – Krebs on Security

Microsoft Corp. today pushed software updates to plug more than 70 security holes in its Windows operating systems and related…

Juniper Support Portal Exposed Customer Device Info – Krebs on Security
09
Feb
2024

Juniper Support Portal Exposed Customer Device Info – Krebs on Security

Until earlier this week, the support website for networking equipment vendor Juniper Networks was exposing potentially sensitive information tied to…

From Cybercrime Saul Goodman to the Russian GRU – Krebs on Security
07
Feb
2024

From Cybercrime Saul Goodman to the Russian GRU – Krebs on Security

In 2021, the exclusive Russian cybercrime forum Mazafaka was hacked. The leaked user database shows one of the forum’s founders…

Arrests in $400M SIM-Swap Tied to Heist at FTX? – Krebs on Security
01
Feb
2024

Arrests in $400M SIM-Swap Tied to Heist at FTX? – Krebs on Security

Three Americans were charged this week with stealing more than $400 million in a November 2022 SIM-swapping attack. The U.S….

Fla. Man Charged in SIM-Swapping Spree is Key Suspect in Hacker Groups Oktapus, Scattered Spider – Krebs on Security
30
Jan
2024

Fla. Man Charged in SIM-Swapping Spree is Key Suspect in Hacker Groups Oktapus, Scattered Spider – Krebs on Security

On Jan. 9, 2024, U.S. authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring…