Phishing Sites Targeting Scammers and Thieves
August 9 2021I was preparing to knock off work on a recent Friday evening when a curious and annoying email came in via the contact form on this site: “Hello I go...
Read moreRansomware Gangs and the Name Game Distraction
August 5 2021It's nice when ransomware gangs have their bitcoin stolen, malware servers shut down, or are otherwise forced to disband. We hang on to these occasional victories because history tells...
Read moreThe Life Cycle of a Breached Database
July 29 2021Every time there is another data breach, we are asked to change our password at the breached entity. But the reality is that in most cases by the time...
Read morePlugwalkJoe Does the Perp Walk
July 26 2021One day after last summer's mass-hack of Twitter, KrebsOnSecurity wrote that 22-year-old British citizen Joseph "PlugwalkJoe" O'Connor appeared to have been involved in the incident. When the Justice Department...
Read moreA 18-year-old Tennessee man who helped set in motion a fraudulent distress call to police that lead to the death of a 60-year-old grandfather in 2020 was sentenced to...
Read moreSpam Kingpin Peter Levashov Gets Time Served
July 20 2021A federal judge in Connecticut today handed down a sentence of time served to spam kingpin Peter “Severa” Levashov, a prolific purveyor of malicious and junk email, and the...
Read moreDon’t Wanna Pay Ransom Gangs? Test Your Backups.
July 19 2021Browse the comments on virtually any story about a ransomware attack and you will almost surely encounter the view that the victim organization could have avoided paying their extortionists...
Read moreMicrosoft Patch Tuesday, July 2021 Edition
July 13 2021Microsoft today released updates to patch at least 116 security holes in its Windows operating systems and related software. A half of dozen of the vulnerabilities addressed today are...
Read moreLast summer, financial institutions throughout Texas started reporting a sudden increase in attacks involving well-orchestrated teams that would show up at night, use stolen trucks and heavy chains to...
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