FBI Disables Russian Malware
May 10 2023Reuters is reporting that the FBI “had identified and disabled malware wielded by Russia’s FSB security service against an undisclosed number of American computers, a move they hoped...
Read moreThe U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week seized 13 domain names connected to “booter” services that let paying customers launch crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Ten of...
Read moreUSB charging stations - can you trust them? What are the real risks, and how can you keep your data safe on the road?
Read moreWhy is ‘Juice Jacking’ Suddenly Back in the News?
April 15 2023KrebsOnSecurity received a nice bump in traffic this week thanks to tweets from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about "juice jacking," a...
Read moreFBI Advising People to Avoid Public Charging Stations
April 12 2023The FBI is warning people against using public phone-charging stations, worrying that the combination power-data port can be used to inject malware onto the devices:
Avoid using free charging...
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FBI (and Others) Shut Down Genesis Market
April 5 2023Genesis Market is shut down:
Active since 2018, Genesis Market’s slogan was, “Our store sells bots with logs, cookies, and their real fingerprints.” Customers could search for infected systems...
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Several domain names tied to Genesis Market, a bustling cybercrime store that sold access to passwords and other data stolen from millions of computers infected with malicious software, were...
Read moreFeds Charge NY Man as BreachForums Boss “Pompompurin”
March 18 2023The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week arrested a New York man on suspicion of running BreachForums, a popular English-language cybercrime forum where some of the world...
Read moreNetWire Remote Access Trojan Maker Arrested
March 14 2023From Brian Krebs:
A Croatian national has been arrested for allegedly operating NetWire, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) marketed on cybercrime forums since 2012 as a stealthy way to...
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Who’s Behind the NetWire Remote Access Trojan?
March 10 2023A Croatian national has been arrested for allegedly operating NetWire, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) marketed on cybercrime forums since 2012 as a stealthy way to spy on infected...
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