Krebs on Security
MARCH 23, 2020
political campaigns, cities and towns had paid a shady company called Web Listings Inc. after receiving what looked like a bill for search engine optimization (SEO) services rendered on behalf of their domain names. Since at least 2007, Web Listings Inc. In December 2018, KrebsOnSecurity looked at how dozens of U.S.
Krebs on Security
MAY 21, 2021
One of the oldest scams around — the fake job interview that seeks only to harvest your personal and financial data — is on the rise, the FBI warns. Here’s the story of a recent LinkedIn impersonation scam that led to more than 100 people getting duped, and one almost-victim who decided the job offer was too-good-to-be-true.
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Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
GoDaddy described the incident at the time in general terms as a social engineering attack, but one of its customers affected by that March 2020 breach actually spoke to one of the hackers involved. One multifactor option — physical security keys — appears to be immune to these advanced scams.
Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 21, 2020
The attacks were facilitated by scams targeting employees at GoDaddy , the world’s largest domain name registrar, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. 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.
Krebs on Security
JANUARY 30, 2024
2022 that an intrusion had exposed a “limited number” of Twilio customer accounts through a sophisticated social engineering attack designed to steal employee credentials. Sosa also was active in a particularly destructive group of accomplished criminal SIM-swappers known as “ Star Fraud.”
Krebs on Security
JANUARY 25, 2024
“In the malicious ad campaigns we’ve seen tied to this group, they would wait until the domains gain legitimacy on the search engines, and then flip the page for a day or so and then flip back.” ” Almost a month later, another FreeCAD user reported getting stung by the same scam.
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
But the fabricated LinkedIn identities are confusing search engine results for CISO roles at major companies, and they are being indexed as gospel by various downstream data-scraping sources. of spam and scam.” It’s not clear who’s behind this network of fake CISOs or what their intentions may be.
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