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Why Malware Crypting Services Deserve More Scrutiny

Krebs on Security

Cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 reports that obelisk57@gmail.com was used to register an account on the forum Blacksoftware under the nickname “ Kerens.” Those records indicate the user Kerens registered on Verified in March 2009 from an Internet address in Novosibirsk, a city in the southern Siberian region of Russia.

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Thread Hijacking: Phishes That Prey on Your Curiosity

Krebs on Security

They happen when someone you know has their email account compromised, and you are suddenly dropped into an existing conversation between the sender and someone else. ” Sholtis said he clicked the attachment in one of the messages, which then launched a web page that looked exactly like a Microsoft Office 365 login page.

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