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‘The Manipulaters’ Improve Phishing, Still Fail at Opsec

Krebs on Security

The core Manipulaters product these days is a spam delivery service called HeartSender , whose homepage openly advertises phishing kits targeting users of various Internet companies, including Microsoft 365 , Yahoo , AOL , Intuit , iCloud and ID.me , to name a few. Given the risk for abuse, this domain will not be published.”

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Be Very Sparing in Allowing Site Notifications

Krebs on Security

These so-called “push notifications” rely on an Internet standard designed to work similarly across different operating systems and web browsers. The company’s site currently is ranked by Alexa.com as among the top 2,000 sites in terms of Internet traffic globally.

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A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

Krebs on Security

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS.

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New Ransom Payment Schemes Target Executives, Telemedicine

Krebs on Security

The first centers on targeting healthcare organizations that offer consultations over the Internet and sending them booby-trapped medical records for the “patient.” Continuously educating and informing staff about the risks and methods used by cybercriminals to launch attacks and steal data. ”

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FBI’s Vetted Info Sharing Network ‘InfraGard’ Hacked

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. “InfraGard connects critical infrastructure owners, operators, and stakeholders with the FBI to provide education, networking, and information-sharing on security threats and risks,” the FBI’s InfraGard fact sheet reads. This is a developing story. Updates will be noted here with timestamps.

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Arrest, Raids Tied to ‘U-Admin’ Phishing Kit

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The security flaw was briefly alluded to in a 2018 writeup on U-Admin by the SANS Internet Storm Center. . “I wouldn’t be unhappy with the crooks continuing to use that piece of kit, without saying anything more on that front,” Marden said.

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Bomb Threat, Sextortion Spammers Abused Weakness at GoDaddy.com

Krebs on Security

Experts at Cisco Talos and other security firms quickly drew parallels between the two mass spam campaigns, pointing to a significant overlap in Russia-based Internet addresses used to send the junk emails. domaincontrol.com and ns18.domaincontrol.com). domaincontrol.com).

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