Experian, You Have Some Explaining to Do
July 11 2022Twice in the past month KrebsOnSecurity has heard from readers who've had their accounts at big-three credit bureau Experian hacked and updated with a new email address that wasn't...
Read moreThe Link Between AWM Proxy & the Glupteba Botnet
June 28 2022On December 7, 2021, Google announced it had sued two Russian men allegedly responsible for operating the Glupteba botnet, a global malware menace that has infected millions of computers...
Read moreMeet the Administrators of the RSOCKS Proxy Botnet
June 22 2022Authorities in the United States, Germany, the Netherlands and the U.K. last week said they dismantled the "RSOCKS" botnet, a collection of millions of hacked devices that were sold...
Read moreWhy Paper Receipts are Money at the Drive-Thru
June 20 2022Check out the handmade sign posted to the front door of a shuttered Jimmy John's sandwich chain shop in Missouri last week. See if you can tell from the...
Read moreMicrosoft Patch Tuesday, June 2022 Edition
June 15 2022Microsoft on Tuesday released software updates to fix 60 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software, including a zero-day flaw in all supported Microsoft Office versions...
Read moreRansomware Group Debuts Searchable Victim Data
June 14 2022Cybercrime groups that specialize in stealing corporate data and demanding a ransom not to publish it have tried countless approaches to shaming their victims into paying. The latest innovation...
Read more“Downthem” DDoS-for-Hire Boss Gets 2 Years in Prison
June 14 2022A 33-year-old Illinois man was sentenced to two years in prison today following his conviction last year for operating services that allowed paying customers to launch powerful distributed denial-of-service...
Read moreOn the eve of their federal criminal trial for allegedly stealing vast swaths of Internet addresses for use in large-scale email spam campaigns, three current or former executives at...
Read moreNetflix has a new documentary series airing next week -- "Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies & the Internet" -- in which Yours Truly apparently has a decent amount...
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