Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Fraudsters redirected email and web traffic destined for several cryptocurrency trading platforms over the past week. And in May of this year, GoDaddy disclosed that 28,000 of its customers’ web hosting accounts were compromised following a security incident in Oct. 2019 that wasn’t discovered until April 2020.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. technology companies during the summer of 2022. 9, 2024, U.S. A graphic depicting how 0ktapus leveraged one victim to attack another. Twilio disclosed in Aug.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

Phishers are enjoying remarkable success using text messages to steal remote access credentials and one-time passcodes from employees at some of the world’s largest technology companies and customer support firms. On that last date, Twilio disclosed that on Aug. ” On July 28 and again on Aug. According to an Aug. In an Aug.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Throughout 2022, LAPSUS$ would hack and social engineer their way into some of the world’s biggest technology companies , including EA Games, Microsoft , NVIDIA , Okta , Samsung , and T-Mobile.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

that has been tracking down individuals engaged in unauthorized “SIM swaps” — a complex form of mobile phone fraud that is often used to steal large amounts of cryptocurrencies and other items of value from victims. SIM swapping attacks primarily target individuals who are visibly active in the cryptocurrency space.

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