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Bomb Threat, Sextortion Spammers Abused Weakness at GoDaddy.com

Krebs on Security

In July 2018, email users around the world began complaining of receiving spam which began with a password the recipient used at some point in the past and threatened to release embarrassing videos of the recipient unless a bitcoin ransom was paid. ” SAY WHAT? 13, 2018 bomb threat hoax. domaincontrol.com, and ns18.domaincontrol.com.

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15-Year-Old Malware Proxy Network VIP72 Goes Dark

Krebs on Security

org was originally registered in 2006 to “ Corpse ,” the handle adopted by a Russian-speaking hacker who gained infamy several years prior for creating and selling an extremely sophisticated online banking trojan called A311 Death , a.k.a. The domain Vip72[.]org “ Haxdoor ,” and “ Nuclear Grabber.”

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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.” ” The service charged 20 percent of all “scam wires,” unauthorized wire transfers resulting from bank account takeovers or scams like CEO impersonation schemes.

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