Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The top-level domain for the United States — US — is home to thousands of newly-registered domains tied to a malicious link shortening service that facilitates malware and phishing scams, new research suggests. As far back as 2018, Interisle found.US The findings come close on the heels of a report that identified.US

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Phishing Telecommunications Malware Scams 269

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Domain names ending in “ US ” — the top-level domain for the United States — are among the most prevalent in phishing scams, new research shows. As far back as 2018, Interisle found.US This is noteworthy because.US is overseen by the U.S. Also,US domains are only supposed to be available to U.S.

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Phishing Telecommunications Government DNS 232

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

On July 20, the attackers turned their sights on internet infrastructure giant Cloudflare.com , and the intercepted credentials show at least five employees fell for the scam (although only two employees also provided the crucial one-time MFA code). That’s down from 53 percent that did so in 2018, Okta found. ”

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Mobile Phishing Authentication Accountability 291

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. 13, 2018 bomb threat hoax. domaincontrol.com, and ns18.domaincontrol.com.

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DNS Internet Internet Computers and Electronics 235

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 9, 2021

In 2018, KrebsOnSecurity examined a huge network of phishing sites masquerading as the top carding stores which all traced back to a web development group in Pakistan that’s apparently been stealing from thieves for years. After all, nobody who gets phished or scammed is going to report the crime to the authorities.

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Phishing Cybercrime Accountability Advertising 355

Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2022

According to Russian prosecutors, the scam went like this: Consumers would receive an SMS with links to sites that falsely claimed a number of well-known companies were sponsoring drawings and lotteries for people who enrolled or agreed to answer surveys. Zukhov was arrested in Bulgaria in 2018 and extradited to the United States.

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Banking Marketing DDOS Risk 193

Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

The user “ Transfer ” advertised and sold access to 911 from 2016 to 2018, amid many sales threads where they advertised expensive electronics and other consumer goods that were bought online with stolen credit cards. Both of these identities were active on the crime forum fl.l33t[.]su su between 2016 and 2019.

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VPN Computers and Electronics Antivirus Software 304

Krebs on Security

MAY 18, 2020

. “Possible options include, for example, bot admin panels, code injection panels, shell control panels, payment card sniffers, traffic direction services, exchange services, spamming software, doorway generators, and scam pages, etc.” “Sodin” and “Sodinokibi”).

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Malware Cybercrime Ransomware Marketing 314

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The fraudsters behind the often laughable Nigerian prince email scams have long since branched out into far more serious and lucrative forms of fraud, including account takeovers, phishing, dating scams, and malware deployment. The FBI says BEC scams netted thieves more than $12 billion between 2013 and 2018.

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