Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

NiceHash founder Matjaz Skorjanc said the unauthorized changes were made from an Internet address at GoDaddy, and that the attackers tried to use their access to its incoming NiceHash emails to perform password resets on various third-party services, including Slack and Github.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The goal is to convince the target to enter their credentials at a website set up by the attackers that mimics the organization’s corporate email or VPN portal. Thus, the second factor cannot be phished, either over the phone or Internet. The key works without the need for any special software drivers.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2022

“I was able to answer the credit report questions successfully, which authenticated me to their system,” Turner said. That’s because Experian does not offer any type of multi-factor authentication options on consumer accounts. But now he’s wondering what else he could do to prevent another account compromise.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 24, 2020

Anyone curious about why this might be a good approach should have a look at this deep-dive from 2019 on “DNSpionage,” the name given to the exploits of an Iranian group that has successfully stolen countless passwords and VPN credentials from major companies via DNS-based attacks.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 29, 2022

There is a terrifying and highly effective “method” that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data from Internet service providers, phone companies and social media firms. This is very illegal and you will get raided if you don’t use a vpn. I am not legally responsible if you mishandle this.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The data in this story come from a trusted source in the security industry who has visibility into a network of hacked machines that fraudsters in just about every corner of the Internet are using to anonymize their malicious Web traffic. mail server responds “OK” = successful access).

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