Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 8, 2020

” From other classified ads he posted in August and September 2020, it seems clear Dr. Samuil’s team has some kind of privileged access to financial data on targeted companies that gives them a better idea of how much cash the victim firm may have on hand to pay a ransom demand. . Have a Coke and a Molotov cocktail.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2020

In addition, many crooks are finding the outbreak has helped them better market their cybercriminal wares and services. Most online retailers years ago stopped shipping to regions of the world most frequently associated with credit card fraud, including Eastern Europe, North Africa, and Russia.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

And in May of this year, GoDaddy disclosed that 28,000 of its customers’ web hosting accounts were compromised following a security incident in Oct. 2019 that wasn’t discovered until April 2020. Actively scan and monitor web applications for unauthorized access, modification, and anomalous activities.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

According to cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 , the user BHProxies also used the handle “ hassan_isabad_subar ” and marketed various software tools, including “Subar’s free email creator” and “Subar’s free proxy scraper.” The account didn’t resume posting on the forum until April 2014.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 9, 2021

While it may be hard to believe that authorities would go after crooks stealing from one another, in 2017 a Connecticut man pleaded guilty to charges of phishing several criminal dark web markets in a scheme that eventually netted over $365,000 and more than 10,000 stolen user credentials. DomainTools’ record for briansclub[.]com

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Indeed, the leaked OGUsers databases — which include private messages on the forum prior to June 2020 — offer a small window into the overall value of the hijacked social media account industry. In his posts, Beam says he has brokered well north of 10,000 transactions.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

3 blog post from email and SMS marketing firm Klaviyo.com , the company’s CEO recounted how the phishers gained access to the company’s internal tools, and used that to download information on 38 crypto-related accounts. In an Aug. 2021 post about the change. ”

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

“You literally just pull cash out of peoples’ inboxes, and then you have all these secondary markets where you can sell this stuff.” . “These guys want that hard digital asset — the cash that is sitting there in your inbox,” Bill said.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2022

This is hardly the first time scammers have impersonated Wood or ARKinvest; a tweet from Wood in 2020 warned that the company would never use YouTube, Twitter, Instagram or any social media to solicit money. I’ve been following Cathy Wood in her analysis on financial markets, so I was in a comfortable and trusted environment.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

But marketing security products and services based on specific cybercriminal groups can be tricky, particularly if it turns out that robbing and extorting victims is by no means the most abhorrent activity those groups engage in on a daily basis. ” Beige members were implicated in two stories published here in 2020.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Stas Alforov is director of research for Gemini Advisory , a New York firm that monitors underground cybercrime markets. Gemini found Trump’s Dumps gained roughly 40 percent market share after Joker’s closure, and that more than 87 percent of the payment card records it sells are from U.S. K in January 2020.

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