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Fake CISO Profiles on LinkedIn Target Fortune 500s

Krebs on Security

Someone has recently created a large number of fake LinkedIn profiles for Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) roles at some of the world’s largest corporations. If you were confused at this point, you might ask Google who it thinks is the current Chief Information Security Officer of Chevron.

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Amid an Embarrassment of Riches, Ransom Gangs Increasingly Outsource Their Work

Krebs on Security

There’s an old adage in information security: “Every company gets penetration tested, whether or not they pay someone for the pleasure.” ” Many organizations that do hire professionals to test their network security posture unfortunately tend to focus on fixing vulnerabilities hackers could use to break in.

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Battle with Bots Prompts Mass Purge of Amazon, Apple Employee Accounts on LinkedIn

Krebs on Security

In late September 2022, KrebsOnSecurity warned about the proliferation of fake LinkedIn profiles for Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) roles at some of the world’s largest corporations. A follow-up story on Oct.

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Local Networks Go Global When Domain Names Collide

Krebs on Security

Mike Barlow , information security manager for the City of Memphis, confirmed the Memphis Police’s systems were sharing their Microsoft Windows credentials with the domain, and that the city was working with Caturegli to have the domain transferred to them. .” Caturegli said setting up an email server record for memrtcc.ad

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‘Land Lordz’ Service Powers Airbnb Scams

Krebs on Security

The price is € 250 + €500 secure deposit. As security deposit needs to be added ,discount needs to be applied please follow the airbnb link” (which goes to the fake Airbnb page).

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Glut of Fake LinkedIn Profiles Pits HR Against the Bots

Krebs on Security

Last week, KrebsOnSecurity examined a flood of inauthentic LinkedIn profiles all claiming Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) roles at various Fortune 500 companies, including Biogen , Chevron , ExxonMobil , and Hewlett Packard.

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

Danny Adamitis , principal information security researcher at Lumen and co-author of the report on AVrecon, confirmed Kilmer’s findings, saying the C2 data matched up with what Spur was seeing for SocksEscort dating back to September 2022.

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