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Leader Of DDoS-for-Hire Gang Pleads Guilty To Bomb ThreatsA 19-year-old man from the United Kingdom who headed a cybercriminal group whose motto was "Feds Cant Touch Us" pleaded guilty this week to making bomb threats against thousands of schools.On Aug. 31, officers with the U.K.s National Crime... |
Browser Extensions: Are They Worth The Risk?Popular file-sharing site Mega.nz is warning users that cybercriminals hacked its browser extension for Google Chrome so that any usernames and passwords submitted through the browser were copied and forwarded to a rogue server in Ukraine.... |
For 2nd Time In 3 Years, Mobile Spyware Maker MSpy Leaks Millions Of Sensitive RecordsmSpy, the makers of a software-as-a-service product that claims to help more than a million paying customers spy on the mobile devices of their kids and partners, has leaked millions of sensitive records online, including passwords, call... |
Alleged ‘Satori’ IoT Botnet Operator Sought Media Spotlight, Got IndictedA 20-year-old from Vancouver, Washington was indicted last week on federal hacking charges and for allegedly operating the "Satori" botnet, a malware strain unleashed last year that infected hundreds of thousands of wireless routers and... |
Instagram’s New Security Tools Are A Welcome Step, But Not EnoughInstagram users should soon have more secure options for protecting their accounts against Internet bad guys. On Tuesday, the Facebook-owned social network said it is in the process of rolling out support for third-party authentication... |
Fiserv Flaw Exposed Customer Data At Hundreds Of BanksFiserv, Inc., a major provider of technology services to financial institutions, just fixed a glaring weakness in its Web platform that exposed personal and financial details of countless customers across hundreds of bank Web sites, KrebsOnSecurity... |
Who’s Behind The Screencam Extortion Scam?The sextortion email scam last month that invoked a real password used by each recipient and threatened to release embarrassing Webcam videos almost certainly was not the work of one criminal or even one group of criminals. Rather, its... |
Experts Urge Rapid Patching Of ‘Struts’ BugIn September 2017, Equifax disclosed that a failure to patch one of its Internet servers against a pervasive software flaw -- in a Web component known as Apache Struts -- led to a breach that exposed personal data on 147 million Americans.... |
Alleged SIM Swapper Arrested In CaliforniaAuthorities in Santa Clara, Calif. have arrested and charged a 19-year-old area man on suspicion hijacking mobile phone numbers as part of a scheme to steal large sums of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The arrest is the third known... |
Indian Bank Hit In $13.5M Cyberheist After FBI ATM Cashout WarningOn Sunday, Aug. 12, KrebsOnSecurity carried an exclusive: The FBI was warning banks about an imminent "ATM cashout" scheme about to unfold across the globe, thanks to a data breach at an unknown financial institution. On Aug. 14, a bank... |
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