Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The risk, of course, is that some researchers may decide it’s less of a hassle to sell their exploits to vulnerability brokers, or on the darknet — both of which often pay far more than bug bounty awards.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Come check out Antinalysis, the new address risk analyzer,” read the service’s opening announcement. “Worried about dirty funds in your BTC address? ” Antinalysis allows free lookups, but anyone wishing to conduct bulk look-ups has to pay at least USD $3, with a minimum $30 purchase.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

. “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.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

The publication said the judge overseeing Urban’s case denied bail because the defendant was a strong flight risk. .” NO FIXED ADDRESS The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that Urban was arrested Jan. 9 and his trial is scheduled to begin in the trial term starting March 4 in Jacksonville.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 19, 2021

” They also recommend the carriers teach their support employees to remind customers about the risks of relinquishing a mobile number without first disconnecting it from other identities and sites online, advice they generally did not find was offered when interacting with customer support regarding number changes.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 28, 2020

Fraud prevention company Next Caller said this week it has tracked “massive increases in call volumes and high-risk calls across Fortune 500 companies as a result of COVID-19.” ” Image: Next Caller. But it said that surge also brought with it an influx of fraudsters looking to capitalize on all the chaos.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Continuously educating and informing staff about the risks and methods used by cybercriminals to launch attacks and steal data. Using hard-to-crack unique passwords to protect sensitive data and accounts, as well as enabling multi-factor authentication. Encrypting sensitive data wherever possible.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2022

“The set of information referred to is inaccurate and outdated, and does not put our users and customers at risk.” . “There has been no violation of our platforms and technological infrastructure,” Banorte said. ” That statement may be 100 percent true.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

You run the risk of being targeted for spear phishing, or having your personal information used for fraudulent applications. The data exposure risk creeps ever upwards and one small mistake can have severe consequences. Joker’s Stash, trading since 2014 , received more than $100,000 in Bitcoin from SSNDOB.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The reader, who asked not to be identified in this story, also pointed to articles about a recent AdSense crackdown in which Google announced it was enhancing its defenses by improving the systems that identify potentially invalid traffic or high risk activities before ads are served.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 9, 2023

But there are some concrete steps that everyone can take which will dramatically lower the risk that identity thieves will ruin your financial future. And happily, most of these steps have the side benefit of costing the credit bureaus money, or at least causing the data they collect about you to become less valuable over time.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 5, 2022

“Exacerbating the security risk is the vast amount of data that LinkedIn collates and publishes, and which underpins its whole business model but which lacks any robust verification mechanisms.”

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

Because as we can see from the success of this phishing group, this type of data extraction is now being massively automated, and employee authentication compromises can quickly lead to security and privacy risks for the employer’s partners or for anyone in their supply chain.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

. “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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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

Highlighting the risk that 911 nodes could pose to internal corporate networks, they observed that “the infection of a node enables the 911.re re user to access shared resources on the network such as local intranet portals or other services.” ” 911 did not respond to multiple requests for comment on this research.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2020

Many reshipping mules are understandably concerned about receiving stolen goods at their home and risking a visit from the local police. For example, reshipping scams have over the years become easier for both reshipping mule operators and the mules themselves. “They can pick them up at Walgreens, Hotel lobbies, etc.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

After all, it’s not uncommon for bargain basement phantom Web sites to materialize during the holiday season, and then vanish forever not long afterward. If you’re buying from an online store that is brand new, the risk that you will get scammed increases significantly.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

“A lot of services will flag email from unknown domains as high risk, but the domains being hijacked by these guys have a good history and reputation behind them. This method also probably greatly complicates any sort of investigatory efforts after the spam campaign is over.” ” WHAT CAN BE DONE?

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Predicting a global pandemic that reshaped how we interact with each other and our devices at a fundamental level […]. The post 3 Cybersecurity Resolutions to Survive 2021 appeared first on NuData Security. The post 3 Cybersecurity Resolutions to Survive 2021 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

We’ve all experienced digital growing pains in the era of COVID-19. Whether it’s ordering food delivery off a smartphone […]. The post Escaping the echo chamber: How to make cybersecurity accessible for all appeared first on NuData Security.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The post The not-so-obvious cost of fraud to your company’s bottom line appeared first on NuData Security. The post The not-so-obvious cost of fraud to your company’s bottom line appeared first on Security Boulevard. It’s no longer a matter of if your business data has been breached; it’s a matter of how much […].

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

It also made obvious that business customers are very much at risk here, Federated Login Services being highly compromised in this breach (LastPass downplaying as usual of course).” “I thought at the time that the bigger risk was losing a piece of paper with my seed phrase on it,” Connor said.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 11, 2021

One fraud executive interviewed for this report summarized the problem with application fraud in one phrase: “Identity is broken.”. The post New report: Application fraud is a serious threat to financial institutions appeared first on NuData Security.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

“Just because a targeted account takeover is low volume doesn’t mean it’s low risk. . “Logistically, you may only be able to get a few dozen or a hundred SIM-swaps in a day, but you can pick any customer you want across their entire customer base,” she said.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Ken Otsuka is a senior risk consultant at CUNA Mutual Group , an insurance company that provides financial services to credit unions. Otsuka said a phone fraudster typically will say something like, “Before I get into the details, I need to verify that I’m speaking to the right person.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

As I noted earlier this year in The Risk of Weak Online Banking Passwords , if you bank online and choose weak or re-used passwords, there’s a decent chance your account could be pilfered by cyberthieves — even if your bank offers multi-factor authentication as part of its login process.

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