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 operated for more than a…
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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 information-stealing malware that has been…
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 terabits of data per second…
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 nearly $700,000 to settle a…
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 flaws that are already seeing…
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 could have allowed anyone to…
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 from Spain to the United…
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 Efficiency (DOGE) siphoned gigabytes of…
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 (DOGE) transferred gigabytes of sensitive…
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 is in danger of breaking…
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 and Google. Until recently, the…
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 vulnerability that is already being…