The U.S. Department of Justice said today it has recovered $2.3 million worth of Bitcoin that Colonial Pipeline paid to ransomware extortionists last month. The funds had been sent...
Read moreAdventures in Contacting the Russian FSB
June 7 2021KrebsOnSecurity recently had occasion to contact the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In the process of doing so,...
Read moreUsing Fake Reviews to Find Dangerous Extensions
May 29 2021Fake, positive reviews have infiltrated nearly every corner of life online these days, confusing consumers while offering an unwelcome advantage to fraudsters and sub-par products everywhere. Happily, identifying and...
Read moreA Closer Look at the DarkSide Ransomware Gang
May 11 2021The FBI confirmed this week that a relatively new ransomware group known as DarkSide is responsible for an attack that caused Colonial Pipeline to shut down 5,550 miles of...
Read moreHow much is your payroll data worth? Probably a lot more than you think. One financial startup that's targeting the gig worker market is offering up to $500 to...
Read moreJohn Bernard, a pseudonym used by a convicted thief and con artist named John Clifton Davies who’s fleeced dozens of technology startups out of an estimated $30 million, appears...
Read moreWhen normal computer users fall into the nasty habit of recycling passwords, the result is most often some type of financial loss. When cybercriminals develop the same habit, it...
Read moreExperian API Exposed Credit Scores of Most Americans
April 28 2021Big-three consumer credit bureau Experian just fixed a weakness with a partner website that let anyone look up the credit score of tens of millions of Americans just by...
Read moreExperian’s Credit Freeze Security is Still a Joke
April 26 2021In 2017, KrebsOnSecurity showed how easy it is for identity thieves to undo a consumer's request to freeze their credit file at Experian, one of the big three consumer...
Read moreNote to Self: Create Non-Exhaustive List of Competitors
April 20 2021What was the best news you heard so far this month? Mine was learning that KrebsOnSecurity is listed as a restricted competitor by Gartner Inc. [NYSE:IT] -- a $4...
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