Krebs on Security

MARCH 7, 2023

The move comes just days after the Dutch registrar was sued by Meta , which alleges the company ignores abuse complaints about phishing websites while monetizing traffic to those abusive domains. ” Image: Interisle Consulting Group, Phishing Landscape 2021, Sept. for Tokelau. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 7, 2025

million through the “extortion of international clients in the name of up-selling, the sale of fake/fabricated USPTO certificates, and the maintaining of phishing websites.” The FIA found Abtach operates in conjunction with a Karachi firm called Digitonics Labs , which earned a monthly revenue of around $2.5

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Krebs on Security

MAY 5, 2021

After a user logs in, the link prompts them to install a malicious but innocuously-named app that gives the attacker persistent, password-free access to any of the user’s emails and files, both of which are then plundered to launch malware and phishing scams against others. Image: Proofpoint.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

In March, a voice phishing scam targeting GoDaddy support employees allowed attackers to assume control over at least a half-dozen domain names, including transaction brokering site escrow.com. In due course, the malicious actor was able to partially compromise our infrastructure, and gain access to document storage.”

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Unfortunately for us, Doug freaked out after deciding he’d been tricked — backing up his important documents, changing his passwords, and then reinstalling macOS on his computer. If you’re approached in a similar scheme, the response from the would-be victim documented in the SlowMist blog post is probably the best.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 31, 2024

. “Hijacked domains have been used directly in phishing attacks and scams, as well as large spam systems,” reads the Infoblox report, which refers to lame domains as “ Sitting Ducks.” Other attacks have used hijacked domains in targeted phishing attacks by creating lookalike subdomains.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

” Group-IB dubbed the gang by a different name — 0ktapus — which was a nod to how the criminal group phished employees for credentials. The missives asked users to click a link and log in at a phishing page that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. On July 28 and again on Aug. According to an Aug.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 15, 2024

In some cases, the attackers were able to redirect the hijacked domains to phishing sites set up to steal visitors’ cryptocurrency funds. “If you bought Google Workspace via Google Domains, Squarespace is now your authorized reseller,” the help document explains.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 14, 2019

But when the interested party inquires about the listing, they are sent a link to a site that looks like Airbnb.com but which is actually a phishing page. Airbnb could help by adding some type of robust multi-factor authentication, such as Security Keys — which would defeat these Airbnb phishing pages.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

“Also, it needs to be printed on ‘official letterhead,’ which of course can be easily forged just by Googling a document from said municipality. ” Technically, what my source did was wire fraud (obtaining something of value via the Internet/telephone/fax through false pretenses); had he done it through the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 6, 2024

In this well-documented tactic, known as a DHCP starvation attack , an attacker floods the DHCP server with requests that consume all available IP addresses that can be allocated. Woodcock said anyone who might be a target of spear phishing attacks should be very concerned about using VPNs on an untrusted network.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

A few months later, Bryant documented the same technique being used to take over more than 120,000 trusted domains for spam campaigns. Contacted by KrebsOnSecurity, GoDaddy acknowledged the authentication weakness documented by Guilmette.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

They’re frequently cheap to buy , stolen in large numbers , and can be bundled with other documents such as passport, driver’s licence, email, and more. You run the risk of being targeted for spear phishing, or having your personal information used for fraudulent applications. The threat of stolen PII.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

But a flurry of innovation from cybercrime groups in China is breathing new life into the carding industry, by turning phished card data into mobile wallets that can be used online and at main street stores. An image from one Chinese phishing group’s Telegram channel shows various toll road phish kits available.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

From there, the perpetrators accessed a Google Drive document that Ferri had used to record credentials to other sites, including a cryptocurrency exchange. In this case, the victim didn’t download malware or fall for some stupid phishing email. They just end up getting compromised because they followed the industry standard.”

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Krebs on Security

JULY 16, 2019

For at least the past decade, a computer crook variously known as “ Yalishanda ,” “ Downlow ” and “ Stas_vl ” has run one of the most popular “bulletproof” Web hosting services catering to a vast array of phishing sites, cybercrime forums and malware download servers.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The complaint further alleges that these two entities were the beneficiaries of a business that sold hacked and phished Facebook advertising accounts, and bribed Facebook employees to unblock ads that violated its terms of service. had some personal problems and checked himself into rehab.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In a SIM-swapping attack , the fraudsters will phish or purchase credentials for mobile phone company employees, and use those credentials to redirect a target’s mobile calls and text messages to a device the attackers control. .” ” Beige members were implicated in two stories published here in 2020.

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