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Who’s Behind the ‘Web Listings’ Mail Scam?

Krebs on Security

political campaigns, cities and towns had paid a shady company called Web Listings Inc. The story concluded that this dubious service had been scamming people and companies for more than a decade, and promised a Part II to explore who was behind Web Listings. In December 2018, KrebsOnSecurity looked at how dozens of U.S.

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Teach a Man to Phish and He’s Set for Life

Krebs on Security

The file included in this phishing scam uses what’s known as a “right-to-left override” or RLO character. ” Indeed, KrebsOnSecurity first covered RLO-based phishing attacks back in 2011 , and even then it wasn’t a new trick.

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