How to Tell a Job Offer from an ID Theft Trap
May 21 2021One of the oldest scams around -- the fake job interview that seeks only to harvest your personal and financial data -- is on the rise, the FBI warns....
Read moreMany online services allow users to reset their passwords by clicking a link sent via SMS, and this unfortunately widespread practice has turned mobile phone numbers into de facto...
Read morePhishers targeting Microsoft Office 365 users increasingly are turning to specialized links that take users to their organization's own email login page. After a user logs in, the link...
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 moreCan We Stop Pretending SMS Is Secure Now?
March 16 2021SMS text messages were already the weakest link securing just about anything online, mainly because there are tens of thousands of people (many of them low-paid mobile store employees)...
Read moreAt Least 30,000 U.S. Organizations Newly Hacked Via Holes in Microsoft’s Email Software
March 5 2021At least 30,000 organizations across the United States -- including a significant number of small businesses, towns, cities and local governments -- have over the past few days been...
Read moreMicrosoft Corp. today released software updates to plug four critical security holes that attackers have been using to plunder email communications at companies that use its Exchange Server products....
Read moreThe Taxman Cometh for ID Theft Victims
January 29 2021The unprecedented volume of unemployment insurance fraud witnessed in 2020 hasn't abated, although news coverage of the issue has largely been pushed off the front pages by other events....
Read moreBe Very Sparing in Allowing Site Notifications
November 17 2020An increasing number of websites are asking visitors to approve "notifications," browser modifications that periodically display messages on the user's mobile or desktop device. In many cases these notifications...
Read moreOn Monday, Oct. 27, KrebsOnSecurity began following up on a tip from a reliable source that an aggressive Russian cybercriminal gang known for deploying ransomware was preparing to disrupt...
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