Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

911 says its network is made up entirely of users who voluntarily install its “free VPN” software. Residential proxy services are often marketed to people seeking the ability to evade country-specific blocking by the major movie and media streaming providers. “The free VPN apps, and the other is trojanized torrents.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

“At this moment in time, it looks like no emails, passwords, or any personal data were accessed, but we do suggest resetting your password and activate 2FA security,” the company wrote in a blog post. Restrict VPN access hours, where applicable, to mitigate access outside of allowed times.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

Riley Kilmer is co-founder of Spur.us , a company that tracks thousands of VPN and proxy networks, and helps customers identify traffic coming through these anonymity services. as a media sharing device on a local network that was somehow exposed to the Internet. The password chosen by this user was “ 1232.”

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Web hosting giant GoDaddy made headlines this month when it disclosed that a multi-year breach allowed intruders to steal company source code, siphon customer and employee login credentials, and foist malware on customer websites. What else do we know about the cause of these incidents?

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 29, 2022

There is a terrifying and highly effective “method” that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data from Internet service providers, phone companies and social media firms. This is very illegal and you will get raided if you don’t use a vpn. I am not legally responsible if you mishandle this.

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