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Interview With a Crypto Scam Investment Spammer

Krebs on Security

Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. ” One of the crypto investment scam messages promoted in the spam campaigns on Mastodon this month. “On Twitter, more spam and crypto scam.”

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US Harbors Prolific Malicious Link Shortening Service

Krebs on Security

The top-level domain for the United States — US — is home to thousands of newly-registered domains tied to a malicious link shortening service that facilitates malware and phishing scams, new research suggests. domains were the worst in the world for spam, botnet (attack infrastructure for DDOS etc.) US phishing domains.

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Why is.US Being Used to Phish So Many of Us?

Krebs on Security

Domain names ending in “ US ” — the top-level domain for the United States — are among the most prevalent in phishing scams, new research shows. domains were the worst in the world for spam, botnet (attack infrastructure for DDOS etc.) This is noteworthy because.US is overseen by the U.S.

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‘Spam Nation’ Villain Vrublevsky Charged With Fraud

Krebs on Security

years in a Russian penal colony for convincing one of his top affiliates to launch a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against a competitor that shut down the ticketing system for the state-owned Aeroflot airline. Festi also was the botnet used in the DDoS attack that sent Vrubelvsky to prison for two years in 2013.

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SSNDOB marketplace shut down by global law enforcement operation

Malwarebytes

DDoS attacks from rivals are common, so several domains working together keeps things ticking over. We’ve noted the gradual emergence of Bitcoin ATMs in scams previously; here, cryptocurrency ATMs are more popular as a payment method to SSNDOB than other dubious online services.

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This Service Helps Malware Authors Fix Flaws in their Code

Krebs on Security

. “Possible options include, for example, bot admin panels, code injection panels, shell control panels, payment card sniffers, traffic direction services, exchange services, spamming software, doorway generators, and scam pages, etc.”

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

The SocksEscort home page says its services are perfect for people involved in automated online activity that often results in IP addresses getting blocked or banned, such as Craigslist and dating scams, search engine results manipulation, and online surveys.

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