Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

SlowMist says the North Korean phishing scams used the “Add Custom Link” feature of the Calendly meeting scheduling system on event pages to insert malicious links and initiate phishing attacks. Once the project team complies, their computer comes under the control of the hackers, leading to the theft of funds.”

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Since then, the response from LinkedIn users and readers has made clear that these phony profiles are showing up en masse for virtually all executive roles — but particularly for jobs and industries that are adjacent to recent global events and news trends. “It’s hit like hell since about January of this year.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

In the event you decide to relinquish a domain, make sure you take stock of any online accounts you created with email addresses tied to that domain and move those to another email address, as those accounts will likely come under someone else’s control when the domain expires.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Byauhanga’s resignation letter did not mention specific reasons, though no one would be blamed to think the two events are related.” . “Since the investigation is ongoing, you will understand that we prefer to complete it before we make a public statement,” Kayihura said.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2022

The drama surrounding Vrublevsky’s most recent arrest is reminiscent of events leading up to his imprisonment nearly a decade ago, when several years’ worth of ChronoPay internal emails were leaked online.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Rather, he said, this explanation of events was a misunderstanding at best, and more likely a cover-up at some level.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

According to the feds, Iza paid the associate $50,000 to craft the event to his liking, but on the day of the party Iza allegedly told R.C. he was unhappy with the event and demanded half of his money back. .” — who was hired to throw a party at Iza’s home.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

More importantly, the cybercriminal handles that were posting ads for SIM-swapping opportunities from these groups generally did so on a daily or near-daily basis — often teasing their upcoming swap events in the hours before posting a “Tmo up!” ” message announcement.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2022

At the crux of these scams are well-orchestrated video productions published on YouTube and Facebook that claim to be a “live event” featuring famous billionaires. “An overlay on the video pointed to subscribing to the event at their website. . “In hindsight, this was an obvious scam. .”

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Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2024

Like other phishing groups, Fin7 seizes on current events, and at the moment it is targeting tourists visiting France for the Summer Olympics later this month. One of the new Fin7 domains identified by Silent Push is cybercloudsec[.]com com , which promises to “grow your business with our IT, cyber security and cloud solutions.”

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2022

This post will be updated in the event they respond. .” An individual using the nickname “Bug” has been selling access to government and police email accounts for more than a month. Bug posted this sales thread on Wednesday. KrebsOnSecurity sought comment from Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter. In July 2021, Sen.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 7, 2022

We’ve been fortunate that none of our swatting events ended in physical harm, and that our assailants have all faced justice. More recently, our family was subjected to swatting attacks by a neo-Nazi group that targeted journalists, judges and corporate executives.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2024

This story will be updated in the event that anyone representing the Chetal family responds. KrebsOnSecurity sought comment from Veer Chetal, and from his parents — Radhika Chetal and Suchil Chetal. Veer Chetal has not been publicly charged with any crime.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Justin Active’s version of events seems to be supported by a reference in the criminal complaint to an April 2, 2022 chat in which Tongue explained the reason for the shooting. ,” Justin Active’s alias “Nutcase68” shouted on Telegram on Aug. 12, the same day McGovern-Allen was arrested by authorities.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 25, 2022

But if recent events are any indication, legal landscape is shifting towards increased accountability and transparency.”

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 15, 2019

As a major event in the cybercrime underground, was it somehow the reverse analog of the Target breach — which negatively impacted tens of millions of consumers and greatly enriched a large number of bad guys? THE TARGET BREACH OF THE UNDERGROUND?

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Sometime in the past few days, however, AWS responded by including Bedrock in the list of services that will be quarantined in the event an AWS key or credential pair is found compromised or exposed online. But they said the restrictions AWS placed on the exposed key did nothing to stop the attackers from using it to abuse Bedrock services.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 22, 2024

million bribe from a cybercriminal group that was seeking a “roof,” a well-placed, corrupt law enforcement official who could be counted on to both disregard their illegal hacking activities and run interference with authorities in the event of their arrest.

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JANUARY 30, 2025

“In the event anyone suspects that AWS resources are being used for abusive activity, we encourage them to report it to AWS Trust & Safety using the report abuse form. In this case, the authors of the report never notified AWS of the findings of their research via our easy-to-find security and abuse reporting channels.

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