Krebs on Security

MAY 16, 2020

A federal fraud investigator who spoke with KrebsOnSecurity on condition of anonymity said many states simply don’t have enough controls in place to detect patterns that might help better screen out fraudulent unemployment applications, such as looking for multiple applications involving the same Internet addresses and/or bank accounts.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 3, 2023

One of the mobile malware families known to be abusing this obfuscation method has been dubbed Anatsa , which is a sophisticated Android-based banking trojan that typically is disguised as a harmless application for managing files.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 17, 2020

You will need to receive cash atm or at your bank branch.” ” What happens next is the employee then receives an electronic transfer of money into his bank account, is asked to withdraw the cash, and to keep 150 Canadian dollars for himself. I remind you that you do not need to use your funds to buy bitcoins.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

One of the more common ways cybercriminals cash out access to bank accounts involves draining the victim's funds via Zelle, a "peer-to-peer" (P2P) payment service used by many financial institutions that allows customers to quickly send cash to friends and family.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2020

In too many cases, he said, the deposits are going into accounts where the beneficiary name does not match the name on the bank account. Perhaps the most galling example comes from Arkansas, whose site exposed the SSNs, bank account and routing numbers for some 30,000 applicants.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 25, 2022

27 — Thanksgiving Day weekend — Jim got a series of rapid-fire emails from MSF saying they’ve received his loan application, that they’d approved it, and that the funds requested were now available at the bank account specified in his MSF profile. Then on Nov. A portion of the Jan.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

On May 2, 2024, a user by the name “ Judische ” claimed on the fraud-focused Telegram channel Star Chat that they had hacked Santander Bank , one of the first known Snowflake victims. All told, more than 160 organizations were extorted, including TicketMaster , Lending Tree , Advance Auto Parts and Neiman Marcus.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2022

Russian banks are prohibited from processing payments for online gambling, and as a result many online gaming sites catering to Russian speakers have chosen to process credit card payments through Ukrainian financial institutions. . What Pavel does is he blackmails those Ukrainian banks using his connections and knowledge.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

According to this comprehensive breakdown of the phishing toolkit , the U-Admin control panel isn’t sold on its own, but rather it is included when customers contact the developer and purchase a set of phishing pages designed to mimic a specific brand — such as a bank website or social media platform.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

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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Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2024

Zach Edwards , senior threat analyst at Silent Push, said many of the Fin7 domains are innocuous-looking websites for generic businesses that sometimes include text from default website templates (the content on these sites often has nothing to do with the entity’s stated business or mission).

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Don’t put them on hold while you call your bank; the scammers can get around that, too. Then you can call your bank or wherever else you need. Also, never provide any information in response to an unsolicited phone call. It doesn’t matter who claims to be calling: If you didn’t initiate the contact, hang up. Just hang up.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 18, 2022

It’s no accident that one of the most prolific scams going right now — the Zelle Fraud Scam — starts with a text message about an unauthorized payment that appears to come from your bank.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 16, 2022

The missive alleged that an auction on the site for data stolen from 10 million customers of Mexico’s second-largest bank was fake news and harming the bank’s reputation. The administrator responded to this empty threat by purchasing the stolen banking data and leaking it on the forum for everyone to download.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

’s phone and spent the remainder of his bank balance. balked, Iza allegedly surrounded the man with armed LASD officers, who then extracted the payment by seizing his phone. The government says Iza kept R.C.’s A photo Iza allegedly sent to Tassilo Heinrich immediately after Heinrich’s arrest on unsubstantiated drug charges.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A financial cybercrime group calling itself the Disneyland Team has been making liberal use of visually confusing phishing domains that spoof popular bank brands using Punycode, an Internet standard that allows web browsers to render domain names with non-Latin alphabets like Cyrillic and Ukrainian.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“A financially motivated threat actor closely connected with Lazarus that targets banks, casinos, fin-tech companies, POST software and cryptocurrency businesses, and ATMs,” Kaspersky wrote of BlueNoroff in Dec. The North Korean regime is known to use stolen cryptocurrencies to fund its military and other state projects.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2023

domains were registered to attack some of the United States’ most prominent companies, including Bank of America, Amazon, Apple, AT&T, Citi, Comcast, Microsoft, Meta, and Target. Interisle’s newest study examined six million phishing reports between May 1, 2022 and April 30, 2023, and identified approximately 30,000.US

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

domains were registered to attack some of the United States’ most prominent companies, including Bank of America , Amazon, Apple , AT&T , Citi , Comcast , Microsoft , Meta , and Target. . “We will continue to work with registrars, cybersecurity firms and other stakeholders to make progress with this complex challenge.”

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Vega also became known as someone who had the inside track on “ unlimited cashouts ,” a globally coordinated cybercrime scheme in which crooks hack a bank or payment card processor and use cloned cards at cash machines to rapidly withdraw millions of dollars in just a few hours.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

Flashpoint said MrMurza appears to be extensively involved in botnet activity and “drops” — fraudulent bank accounts created using stolen identity data that are often used in money laundering and cash-out schemes. PANOV Constella Intelligence , a threat intelligence firm that tracks breached databases, says lesstroy@mgn.ru

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Sure, the card associations and your bank are quick to point out that you’re not liable for fraudulent charges that you report in a timely manner, whether it’s debit or a credit card. Does the bank reimburse you when your credit score takes a ding because your mortgage or car payment was late? Don’t hold your breath.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The black market value, impact to consumers and banks, and liability associated with different types of card fraud. Should I mention that all information affected by the data-center breach has been since taken off sales, so no worries about the issuing banks.” STOLEN BACK FAIR AND SQUARE.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

Namely, the ability to route one’s malicious traffic through a computer that is geographically close to the consumer whose credit card they’re about to charge at some website, or whose bank account they’re about to empty.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2022

In the meantime, 911’s absence may coincide with a measurable (if only short-lived) reprieve in unwanted traffic to top Internet destinations, including banks, retailers and cryptocurrency platforms, as many former customers of the proxy service scramble to make alternative arrangements.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 9, 2021

Playing along, I said I was sorry to hear about his ordeal, and asked Mitch if there were any stolen cards issued by a particular bank or to a specific region that he was seeking. Mitch said he’d just made a deposit of $240 worth of bitcoin at BriansClub[.]com,

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Banking industry giant NCR Corp. [ NYSE: NCR ] late last month took the unusual step of temporarily blocking third-party financial data aggregators Mint and QuicBooks Online from accessing Digital Insight , an online banking platform used by hundreds of financial institutions. Part of a communication NCR sent Oct.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 25, 2021

Traditionally, the major crypto exchanges have said they’re not responsible for lost or stolen funds.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2022

That is, he said, unless Experian’s customers — banks and other lenders — choose to vote with their feet because too many people with frozen credit files are having to deal with unauthorized applications for new credit.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

One of the more common ways cybercriminals cash out access to bank accounts involves draining the victim’s funds via Zelle , a “peer-to-peer” (P2P) payment service used by many financial institutions that allows customers to quickly send cash to friends and family. “Members don’t have to request to use Zelle.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2019

. “At this point, we believe this to be an email phishing incident in which an unauthorized third party used a third-party system to generate an email campaign to deliver what we believe to be a banking trojan,” said Dan Higgins , UR’s chief information officer.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

One breach taking your login from a gaming forum can quickly become something that exposes Government service logins or bank accounts. Password reuse is one big reason for credential stuffing (using stolen data across additional sites) being so popular. Tips for locking down after an SSN breach.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 14, 2019

Some of the bank accounts and payment recipients from scams tied to these listings are pictured here. In case anyone would like to follow up on this research, other domains used by these scammers include airbnb.longterm-airbnb[.]co.uk co.uk , airbnb.pt-anuncio[.]com com , airbnb.request-online[.]com com , and airbnb-invoice[.]com.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2020

. “One Russian-speaking actor running a fraud network complained about their subordinates (“money mules”) in Italy, Spain and other countries being unable to withdraw funds, since they currently were afraid to leave their homes,” Intel 471 observed. ” Alex Holden , founder and CTO of Hold Security , agreed.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

. ; Facebook ; Gap (Apparel) Inc ; Fifth Third Bancorp ; Hearst Communications ; Hilton Interntional ; ING Bank ; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); McDonalds Corp. ; NBC Universal Media ; NRG Energy ; Oath, Inc (a.k.a Yahoo + AOL) ; Oracle ; Tesla Motors ; Time Warner ; US Bank; US Steel Corp.;

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 17, 2024

However, this is difficult to discern from listening to the song, which sounds very much like a step-by-step tutorial on how to commit wire fraud. “Listen up, I’m finna show y’all how to hit a bank,” Wire Fraud Tutorial begins. First you wanna get a bank log from a trusted site.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Sushil Chetal’s LinkedIn profile says he is a vice president at the investment bank Morgan Stanley. It remains unclear which Chetal family member acquired the 2023 Lamborghini Urus, which has a starting price of around $233,000.

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