Krebs on Security

AUGUST 4, 2023

Like attaching a phishing email to a traditional, clean email message, or leveraging link redirects on LinkedIn , or abusing an encoding method that makes it easy to disguise booby-trapped Microsoft Windows files as relatively harmless documents.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In a post to its Twitter/X account last month, Signum Capital warned that a fake profile pretending to be their employee Mr. Lee was trying to scam people on Telegram. 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. ” Image: SlowMist.

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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

MARCH 22, 2022

But according to information obtained by KrebsOnSecurity, it is equally likely Vrublevsky was arrested thanks to his propensity for carefully documenting the links between Russia’s state security services and the cybercriminal underground. The latest document in the hacked archive is dated April 2021.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

.” According to ID.me, a major driver of phony jobless claims comes from social engineering, where people have given away personal data in response to romance or sweepstakes scams, or after applying for what they thought was a legitimate work-from-home job. “A lot of this is targeting the elderly,” Hall said.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 25, 2024

Hegel noted that the spike in malicious software-themed ads came not long after Microsoft started blocking by default Office macros in documents downloaded from the Internet. ” Almost a month later, another FreeCAD user reported getting stung by the same scam. “It appears to be same campaign continuing,” Hegel said.

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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.” ” “There is evidence that some domains were used for Cobalt Strike and other malware command and control (C2).

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 17, 2023

The international police organization INTERPOL said last week it had shuttered the notorious 16Shop, a popular phishing-as-a-service platform launched in 2017 that made it simple for even complete novices to conduct complex and convincing phishing scams. 16Shop documentation instructing operators on how to deploy the kit.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

As documented by Group-IB, the group pivoted from its access to Twilio to attack at least 163 of its customers. 0ktapus often leveraged information or access gained in one breach to perpetrate another.

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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. Chainalysis also notes a potential connection between SSNDOB and another dark web market trading in credit cards which called it quits in 2021.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

” The rise of so-called “ghost tap” mobile software was first documented in November 2024 by security experts at ThreatFabric. For example, a would-be smishing victim might enter their personal and financial information, but then decide the whole thing is scam before actually submitting the data.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Most online retailers grew wise to these scams years ago and stopped shipping to regions of the world most frequently associated with credit card fraud, including Eastern Europe, North Africa, and Russia. Most reshipping scams promise employees a monthly salary and even cash bonuses.

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