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The Fake Browser Update Scam Gets a Makeover

Krebs on Security

One of the oldest malware tricks in the book — hacked websites claiming visitors need to update their Web browser before they can view any content — has roared back to life in the past few months. Previously, the group had stored its malicious update files on Cloudflare, Guard.io

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‘Land Lordz’ Service Powers Airbnb Scams

Krebs on Security

Scammers who make a living swindling Airbnb.com customers have a powerful new tool at their disposal: A software-as-a-service offering called “ Land Lordz ,” which helps automate the creation and management of fake Airbnb Web sites and the sending of messages to advertise the fraudulent listings.

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Calendar Meeting Links Used to Spread Mac Malware

Krebs on Security

The profile also linked to Mr. Lee’s Twitter/X account , which features the same profile image. Sure, Doug said, here’s my Calendly profile, book a time and we’ll do it then. “Some of our users are facing issues with our service,” the message read. “We are actively working on fixing these problems.

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Russian Reshipping Service ‘SWAT USA Drop’ Exposed

Krebs on Security

Among the most common ways that thieves extract cash from stolen credit card accounts is through purchasing pricey consumer goods online and reselling them on the black market. Most reshipping scams promise employees a monthly salary and even cash bonuses. Services like SWAT are known as “Drops for stuff” on cybercrime forums.

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Fla. Man Charged in SIM-Swapping Spree is Key Suspect in Hacker Groups Oktapus, Scattered Spider

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In each attack, the victims saw their email and financial accounts compromised after suffering an unauthorized SIM-swap, wherein attackers transferred each victim’s mobile phone number to a new device that they controlled. A booking photo of Noah Michael Urban released by the Volusia County Sheriff. Twilio disclosed in Aug.

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Double-Your-Crypto Scams Share Crypto Scam Host

Krebs on Security

Online scams that try to separate the unwary from their cryptocurrency are a dime a dozen, but a great many seemingly disparate crypto scam websites tend to rely on the same dodgy infrastructure providers to remain online in the face of massive fraud and abuse complaints from their erstwhile customers. ” Ark-x2[.]org

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Bomb Threat, Sextortion Spammers Abused Weakness at GoDaddy.com

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Grasping the true breadth of Bryant’s prescient discovery requires a brief and simplified primer on how Web sites work. To hijack this domain, the attackers in the December 2018 spam campaign needed only to have created a free account at GoDaddy that was assigned the exact same DNS servers handed out to Virtualfirefox.com (ns17.domaincontrol.com

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