Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The FBI joined authorities across Europe last week in seizing domain names for Cracked and Nulled , English-language cybercrime forums with millions of users that trafficked in stolen data, hacking tools and malware. “Finndev.” ” Image: Ke-la.com. ” Image: Ke-la.com. 30, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2024

North Korea-linked group APT37 exploited an Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability in a supply chain attack. “Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to first prepare the target so that it uses Edge in Internet Explorer Mode.”

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Media coverage understandably focused on GoDaddy’s admission that it suffered three different cyberattacks over as many years at the hands of the same hacking group. Thus, the second factor cannot be phished, either over the phone or Internet.

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Adam Levin

JULY 24, 2020

Barely a day goes by without news of an elite hacking team creating a more stealth exploit– malware , elaborate spear-phishing attacks, trojans, and a killer array of ransomware that can take factories and other organizations offline, or even hobble entire cities. Cyberattacks are constantly getting more sophisticated.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Microsoft today released an emergency software patch to plug a critical security hole in its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser that attackers are already using to break into Windows computers. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The above-mentioned AIDS Trojan hailing from the distant pre-Internet era was the progenitor of the trend, but its real-world impact was close to zero. RaaS rollout 2015 – 2018. The GandCrab RaaS that appeared in early 2018 was one of the last high-profile threats targeting individuals on a large scale.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 1, 2020

“In early 2018, Vaughn demanded 1.5 As KrebsOnSecurity noted in 2019 , Vaughn’s identity was revealed by following the trail of clues from a gaming website he used that later got hacked. Timothy Dalton Vaughn from Winston-Salem, N.C. attorney for the Central District of California. Federal judge Otis D.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

has pleaded guilty to federal hacking charges tied to his role in operating the “ Satori ” botnet, a crime machine powered by hacked Internet of Things (IoT) devices that was built to conduct massive denial-of-service attacks targeting Internet service providers, online gaming platforms and Web hosting companies.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Since 2012, Crimenetwork facilitated the sale of illegal goods and services, including drugs, forged documents, hacking tools, and stolen data. Nearly $100M in cryptocurrency was traded on the platform from 2018-2024, with operators taking 1-5% commissions. Source Computerworld.ch

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The news of the hack was reported by the Gazeta Wyborcza daily, and unfortunately, it isn’t the first time that the Pegasus spyware was used in the country. In 2021, the University of Toronto-based Citizen Lab Internet reported that a Polish opposition duo was hacked with NSO spyware.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The FBI warned of a fresh wave of HiatusRAT malware attacks targeting internet-facing Chinese-branded web cameras and DVRs. In March 2024, threat actors behind this campaign started targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. ” reads the PIN report.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

It's just another day on the internet when the news is full of headlines about accounts being hacked. The second story was about a number of verified Twitter accounts having been "hacked" and then leveraged in Bitcoin scams. link] — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) November 6, 2018. Stop victim blaming.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

[This is Part III in a series on research conducted for a recent Hulu documentary on the 2015 hack of marital infidelity website AshleyMadison.com.] 15, 2018, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) charged then 27-year-old Bloom, of Thornhill, Ontario, with selling stolen personal identities online through the website LeakedSource[.]com.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Iran comes under cyber-attack again, a massive offensive brought down a large portion of the Iranian access to the Internet. Iran infrastructures are under attack, a massive cyberattack brought down a large portion of the Iranian access to the Internet, according to the experts the national connectivity fell to 75%. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

T-Mobile confirmed being a victim of recent hacking campaigns linked to China-based threat actors targeting telecom companies. T-Mobile confirms it was hacked as part of a long-running cyber espionage campaign targeting Telco companies. and its allies for hacking activities in July. Wall Street Journal reported.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Last week, the Russian Internet giant Yandex has been targeting by the largest DDoS attack in the history of Runet, the Russian Internet designed to be independent of the world wide web and ensure the resilience of the country to an internet shutdown. If somebody got your password in 2018, just an upgrade will not help.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Russia’s internet watchdog, ‘Roskomnadzor’, has announced the ban of other VPN products, 15 VPN services are now illegal in Russia. Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor tightens the control over the Internet and blocked access to six more VPN services. SecurityAffairs – hacking, VPN services). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Bloomberg News has a major story about the Chinese hacking computer motherboards made by Supermicro, Levono, and others. This is a follow on, with a lot more detail, to a story Bloomberg reported on in fall 2018. ”) Here’s me in 2018: Supply-chain security is an incredibly complex problem. Yes, it’s plausible.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

Related: We’re in the midst of ‘cyber Pearl Harbor’ Peel back the layers of just about any sophisticated, multi-staged network breach and you’ll invariably find memory hacking at the core. That’s Gartner’s estimate of global spending on cybersecurity in 2017 and 2018. This quickly gets intricately technical.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2024

The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) 2023 report states that reported cybercrime losses reached $12.5 The 2023 Internet Crime Report published the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reveals that reported cybercrime losses reached $12.5 billion in 2023. billion in 2023. ” concludes the report.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2022

Welcome to Internet Safety Month, a once-a-year event in which you, the public, are told that anywhere between three and 30 different best practices will simplify your approach to staying safe online. This year, then, for Internet Safety Month, we’re packaging our advice a little differently. Do not trust everything you see online.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

In July 2018, email users around the world began complaining of receiving spam which began with a password the recipient used at some point in the past and threatened to release embarrassing videos of the recipient unless a bitcoin ransom was paid. based domain name registrar and hosting provider.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The FBI’s Internal Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released the FBI 2019 Internet Crime Report , a document that outlines cybercrime trends over the past year. Here we are to analyze the annual FBI 2019 Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) , one of the most interesting documents on the crime trends observed in the last 12 months.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed today that its fbi.gov domain name and Internet address were used to blast out thousands of fake emails about a cybercrime investigation. ” A review of the email’s message headers indicated it had indeed been sent by the FBI, and from the agency’s own Internet address.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

million Pluto TV user accounts on a hacking forum for free, he claims they were stolen by ShinyHunters threat actor. million Pluto TV user records, he also added that the service was hacked by ShinyHunters. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ShinyHunters). The post ShinyHunters hacked Pluto TV service, 3.2M A hacker has shared 3.2

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Talking about those systems, I said: Now, add into this mix the risks that arise from new and dangerous technologies such as the internet or AI or synthetic biology. Here, misaligned incentives and hacking can have catastrophic consequences for society. Or molecular nanotechnology, or nuclear weapons.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 4, 2022

They are often unaware of the risks they take on, which can include hacking, fraud, phishing, and more. According to Forbes, “the first half of 2018 was marked by an increase in API-related data breaches, with the 10 largest companies reporting the loss of 63 million personal records.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2020

” Between 2018 and 2019 the researchers assessed 28 telecom operators in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America and verifies the presence of the vulnerabilities in the GTP protocol. phone number) of a real subscriber and impersonate him to access the Internet. SecurityAffairs – hacking, 5G). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Censys researchers warn of more than 4,000 vulnerable Pulse Connect Secure hosts exposed to the Internet. Now Censys researchers discovered that 4,460 Pulse Connect Secure hosts out of 30,266 installs, which are exposed to the Internet, lack of security patches. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Pulse). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

Ueland said after hearing about the escrow.com hack Monday evening he pulled the domain name system (DNS) records for escrow.com and saw they were pointing to an Internet address in Malaysia — 111.90.149[.]49 com was identical to the one displayed by escrow.com while the site’s DNS records were hacked.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2025

The research combined hardware interfaces and software to communicate with the vehicle via Diagnostic Over Internet Protocol (DoIP). The experts focused their analysis on the Mercedes-Benz User Experience (MBUX) infotainment system, which was first presented by the carmaker in 2018. The MBUX system consists of several key components.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

com , a cryptocurrency mining service that has been heavily abused to force hacked Web sites to mine virtual currency. At the time, Coinhive was only responding to abuse reports when contacted by a hacked site’s owner. At the time, Coinhive was only responding to abuse reports when contacted by a hacked site’s owner.

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SecureBlitz

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Here’s the internet safety rules checklist. billion data breaches in 2018 alone. As technology and life online take over, protecting ourselves and our information on the internet and social media has become more critical than ever. Are you one of those people who worry about online data security? There were around 1.2

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

To perform the experiment, we used Internet of Things (IoT) search engines to search for open devices that utilized common printer ports and protocols. After filtering out most of the false positives, we were left with more than 800,000 printers that had network printing features enabled and were accessible over the internet.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

More than 250 customers of a popular and powerful online attack-for-hire service that was dismantled by authorities in 2018 are expected to face legal action for the damage they caused, according to Europol , the European Union’s law enforcement agency. In April 2018, investigators in the U.S.,

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2020

Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 revealed that the US CIA has hacked Chinese organizations in various sectors for the last 11 years. Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 is accusing that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of having hacked Chinese organizations for the last 11 years. time zone.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2021

“And Norse’s much-vaunted interactive attack map was indeed some serious eye candy: It purported to track the source and destination of countless Internet attacks in near real-time, and showed what appeared to be multicolored fireballs continuously arcing across the globe.” Now the top executives behind Norse Corp.

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