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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. Since then, the same spammers have used this method to advertise more than 100 different crypto investment-themed domains. Over three hours the attack evolved several times.”

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Fake Lawsuit Threat Exposes Privnote Phishing Sites

Krebs on Security

Privnote’s ease-of-use and popularity among cryptocurrency enthusiasts has made it a perennial target of phishers , who erect Privnote clones that function more or less as advertised but also quietly inject their own cryptocurrency payment addresses when a note is created that contains crypto wallets. io seem like a legitimate website.

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SSNDOB marketplace shut down by global law enforcement operation

Malwarebytes

DDoS attacks from rivals are common, so several domains working together keeps things ticking over. SSNDOB advertised its services on dark web forums and offered customer support for buyers. One breach taking your login from a gaming forum can quickly become something that exposes Government service logins or bank accounts.

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Double-Your-Crypto Scams Share Crypto Scam Host

Krebs on Security

Cryptohost says its service is backstopped by DDoS-Guard , a Russian company that has featured here recently for providing services to the sanctioned terrorist group Hamas and to the conspiracy theory groups QAnon/8chan. “Why choose us? We don’t keep your logs!,”

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How $100M in Jobless Claims Went to Inmates

Krebs on Security

Much of this fraud exploits weak authentication methods used by states that have long sought to verify applicants using static, widely available information such as Social Security numbers and birthdays. Many states also lacked the ability to tell when multiple payments were going to the same bank accounts. protections.

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