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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. com, which was fed by pig butchering scams.

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Hundreds of C-level executives credentials available for $100 to $1500 per account

Security Affairs

The availability of access to the email accounts of C-level executives could allow threat actors to carry out multiple malicious activities, from cyber espionage to BEC scams. Since March 2019, Fxmsp announced in cybercrime forums the availability of information stolen from major antivirus companies located in the U.S.