Krebs on Security

MAY 6, 2024

Virtual private networking (VPN) companies market their services as a way to prevent anyone from snooping on your Internet usage. ” The feature being abused here is known as DHCP option 121 , and it allows a DHCP server to set a route on the VPN user’s system that is more specific than those used by most VPNs. .”

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

In due course, the malicious actor was able to partially compromise our infrastructure, and gain access to document storage.” “At this moment in time, it looks like no emails, passwords, or any personal data were accessed, but we do suggest resetting your password and activate 2FA security,” the company wrote in a blog post.

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Cryptocurrency VPN Scams Social Engineering 363

Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

Riley Kilmer is co-founder of Spur.us , a company that tracks thousands of VPN and proxy networks, and helps customers identify traffic coming through these anonymity services. The password chosen by this user was “ 1232.” relied on the passwords asus666 and 01091987h. also used the password 24587256.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 29, 2022

Virtually all major technology companies serving large numbers of users online have departments that routinely review and process such requests, which are typically granted as long as the proper documents are provided and the request appears to come from an email address connected to an actual police department domain name.

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