Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2022

In 2013, Vrublevsky was sentenced to 2.5 Festi also was the botnet used in the DDoS attack that sent Vrubelvsky to prison for two years in 2013. RedEye also was the administrator of Crutop , a Russian language forum and affiliate program that catered to thousands of adult webmasters.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 23, 2024

Mike O’Connor , an early domain name investor who registered a number of choice domains such as bar.com, place.com and television.com, warned loudly and often back in 2013 that then-pending plans to add more than 1,000 new TLDs would massively expand the number of namespace collisions.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2022

2013: Experian Sold Consumer Data to ID Theft Service. More greatest hits from Experian: 2017: Experian Site Can Give Anyone Your Credit Freeze PIN. 2015: Experian Breach Affects 15 Million Customers. 2015: Experian Breach Tied to NY-NJ ID Theft Ring. 2015: At Experian, Security Attrition Amid Acquisitions.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 23, 2020

I found a similar pattern with domains stemming from a Crunchbase company profile on Web Listings Inc. which says the firm is based in Toronto, Canada, with the Web site webtechnologiesinc.net , and email address webtechnologiesletter@gmail.com.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

In 2013, U.S. In a 2012 private message where AccessApproved was arguing with another cybercriminal over a deal gone bad, AccessApproved asked to be paid at the Liberty Reserve address U1018928. federal investigators seized Liberty Reserve and charged its founders with facilitating billions of dollars in money laundering tied to cybercrime.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

” By 2013, new LastPass customers were given 5,000 iterations by default. The more iterations, the longer it takes an offline attacker to crack your master password. Palant noted last year that for many older LastPass users, the initial default setting for iterations was anywhere from “1” to “500.”

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

Virtualfirefox.com is a domain registered via GoDaddy in 2013 and currently owned by The Mozilla Corporation , a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation — the makers of the popular Firefox Web browser. 13, 2018 bomb threat hoax.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The FBI says BEC scams netted thieves more than $12 billion between 2013 and 2018. However, BEC scams succeed thanks to help from a variety of seemingly unrelated types of online fraud — most especially dating scams.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Islam also pleaded guilty to reporting dozens of phony bomb threats and fake hostage situations at the homes of celebrities and public officials (Islam participated in a swatting attack against this author in 2013 ). Troy Woody Jr. left) and Mir Islam, are currently in prison in the Philippines for murder. In December 2022, Troy Woody Jr.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2024

The Russia-based cybercrime group dubbed “ Fin7 ,” known for phishing and malware attacks that have cost victim organizations an estimated $3 billion in losses since 2013, was declared dead last year by U.S. authorities.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 7, 2022

. “What starts out virtual can get real all too quickly — and when the web is worldwide, so are the consequences.” Our first swatting, in March 2013, resulted in Fairfax County, Va. ” Our family has been victimized by multiple swatting attacks over the past decade.

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