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Who’s Behind the Botnet-Based Service BHProxies?

Krebs on Security

BHProxies sells access to “residential proxy” networks, which allow someone to rent a residential IP address to use as a relay for their Internet communications, providing anonymity and the advantage of being perceived as a residential user surfing the web. The account didn’t resume posting on the forum until April 2014.

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A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

Krebs on Security

“Using the internal router, it would be possible to poison the DNS cache of the LAN router of the infected node, enabling further attacks.” net , which advertised “free unlimited internet file-sharing platform” for those who agreed to install their software. in the British Virgin Islands.

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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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No SOCKS, No Shoes, No Malware Proxy Services!

Krebs on Security

That is a far cry from the proxy inventory advertised by 911, which stood at more than 200,000 IP addresses for rent just a few days ago. According to Constella Intelligence [currently an advertiser on KrebsOnSecurity], Oleg used the same password from his iboss32@ro.ru Image: Spur.us. is no longer active.

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Phishers are Angling for Your Cloud Providers

Krebs on Security

But when accounts at those CRM providers get hacked or phished, the results can be damaging for both the client’s brand and their customers. One source who had at least two employees fall for the scheme forwarded KrebsOnSecurity a response from UR’s privacy division, which blamed the incident on a third-party advertising partner.

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Why Malware Crypting Services Deserve More Scrutiny

Krebs on Security

guru’s registration records also are hidden, yet passive domain name system (DNS) records for both cryptor[.]biz Cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 reports that obelisk57@gmail.com was used to register an account on the forum Blacksoftware under the nickname “ Kerens.” .” Crypt[.]guru’s biz and crypt[.]guru

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Double-Your-Crypto Scams Share Crypto Scam Host

Krebs on Security

A dig into the Domain Name Server (DNS) records for Coinbase-x2[.]net When Twitter got hacked in July 2020 and some of the most-followed celebrity accounts on Twitter started tweeting double-your-crypto offers, 383 people sent more than $100,000 in a few hours. net shows it is hosted at a service called Cryptohost[.]to.

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