Krebs on Security

AUGUST 4, 2023

The file included in this phishing scam uses what’s known as a “right-to-left override” or RLO character. In essence, this is a.eml file — an electronic mail format or email saved in plain text — masquerading as a.PDF file.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. The 911 service as it exists today.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2020

Most online retailers years ago stopped shipping to regions of the world most frequently associated with credit card fraud, including Eastern Europe, North Africa, and Russia. For example, reshipping scams have over the years become easier for both reshipping mule operators and the mules themselves.

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Marketing Scams 317

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

Your Web browser knows how to find a Web site name like example.com thanks to the global Domain Name System (DNS), which serves as a kind of phone book for the Internet by translating human-friendly Web site names (example.com) into numeric Internet address that are easier for computers to manage.

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