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Interview With a Crypto Scam Investment Spammer

Krebs on Security

Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. Chaput said that at one point last week the volume of bot accounts being registered for the crypto spam campaign started overwhelming the servers that handle new signups at Mastodon.social.

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Why is.US Being Used to Phish So Many of Us?

Krebs on Security

” Dean Marks is executive director and legal counsel for a group called the Coalition for Online Accountability , which has been critical of the NTIA’s stewardship of.US. As far back as 2018, Interisle found.US domains were the worst in the world for spam, botnet (attack infrastructure for DDOS etc.)

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US Harbors Prolific Malicious Link Shortening Service

Krebs on Security

” Infoblox determined that until May 2023, domains ending in.info accounted for the bulk of new registrations tied to the malicious link shortening service, which Infoblox has dubbed “ Prolific Puma.” As far back as 2018, Interisle found.US domains registered daily.US and illicit or harmful content.

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This Service Helps Malware Authors Fix Flaws in their Code

Krebs on Security

biz which explain in intricate detail flaws found in high-profile malware tools whose authors have used his service in the past, including; the Black Energy DDoS bot administration panel; malware loading panels tied to the Smoke and Andromeda bot loaders; the RMS and Spyadmin trojans; and a popular loan scan script. ESTRANGED BEDFELLOWS.

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