Account Hijacking Site OGUsers Hacked, Again
December 2 2020For at least the third time in its existence, OGUsers -- a forum overrun with people looking to buy, sell and trade access to compromised social media accounts --...
Read moreBomb Threat, DDoS Purveyor Gets Eight Years
December 1 2020A 22-year-old North Carolina man has been sentenced to nearly eight years in prison for conducting bomb threats against thousands of schools in the U.S. and United Kingdom, launching...
Read moreConvicted SIM Swapper Gets 3 Years in Jail
November 20 2020A 21-year-old Irishman who pleaded guilty to charges of helping to steal millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies from victims has been sentenced to just under three years in prison....
Read moreBody Found in Canada Identified as Neo-Nazi Spam King
November 9 2020The body of a man found shot inside a burned out vehicle in Canada three years ago has been identified as that of Davis Wolfgang Hawke, a prolific spammer...
Read moreTwo Charged in SIM Swapping, Vishing Scams
November 3 2020Two young men from the eastern United States have been hit with identity theft and conspiracy charges for allegedly stealing bitcoin and social media accounts by tricking employees at...
Read moreThe Now-Defunct Firms Behind 8chan, QAnon
October 22 2020Some of the world's largest Internet firms have taken steps to crack down on disinformation spread by QAnon conspiracy theorists and the hate-filled anonymous message board 8chan. But according...
Read moreQAnon/8Chan Sites Briefly Knocked Offline
October 19 2020A phone call to an Internet provider in Oregon on Sunday evening was all it took to briefly sideline multiple websites related to 8chan/8kun -- a controversial online image...
Read moreReport: U.S. Cyber Command Behind Trickbot Tricks
October 10 2020A week ago, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that someone was attempting to disrupt the Trickbot botnet, a malware crime machine that has infected millions of computers and is often...
Read moreThere's an old adage in information security: "Every company gets penetration tested, whether or not they pay someone for the pleasure." Many organizations that do hire professionals to test...
Read moreSeptember featured two stories on a phony tech investor named John Bernard, a pseudonym used by a convicted thief named John Clifton Davies who's fleeced dozens of technology companies...
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