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REvil Ransomware Gang Starts Auctioning Victim DataThe criminal group behind the REvil ransomware enterprise has begun auctioning off sensitive data stolen from companies hit by its malicious software. The move marks an escalation in tactics aimed at coercing victims to pay up -- and publicly... |
Would You Have Fallen For This Phone Scam?You may have heard that todays phone fraudsters like to use use caller ID spoofing services to make their scam calls seem more believable. But you probably didnt know that your bank may be making it super easy for thieves to impersonate... |
Unproven Coronavirus Therapy Proves Cash Cow For Shadow PharmaciesMany of the same shadowy organizations that pay people to promote male erectile dysfunction drugs via spam and hacked websites recently have enjoyed a surge in demand for medicines used to fight malaria, lupus and arthritis, thanks largely... |
When In Doubt: Hang Up, Look Up, & Call BackMany security-conscious people probably think theyd never fall for a phone-based phishing scam. But if your response to such a scam involves anything other than hanging up and calling back the entity that claims to be calling, you may be... |
Who’s Behind The “Reopen” Domain Surge?The past few weeks have seen a large number of new domain registrations beginning with the word "reopen" and ending with U.S. city or state names. The largest number of them were created just hours after President Trump sent a series of... |
Sipping From The Coronavirus Domain FirehoseSecurity experts are poring over thousands of new Coronavirus-themed domain names registered each day, but this often manual effort struggles to keep pace with the flood of domains invoking the virus to promote malware and phishing sites,... |
COVID-19 Has United Cybersecurity Experts, But Will That Unity Survive The Pandemic?The Coronavirus has prompted thousands of information security professionals to volunteer their skills in upstart collaborative efforts aimed at frustrating cybercriminals who are seeking to exploit the crisis for financial gain. Whether... |
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, April 2020 EditionMicrosoft today released updates to fix 113 security vulnerabilities in its various Windows operating systems and related software. Those include at least three flaws that are actively being exploited, as well as two others which were publicly... |
New IRS Site Could Make It Easy For Thieves To Intercept Some Stimulus PaymentsThe U.S. federal government is now in the process of sending Economic Impact Payments by direct deposit to millions of Americans. Most who are eligible for payments can expect to have funds direct-deposited into the same bank accounts listed... |
Microsoft Buys Corp.com So Bad Guys Can’tIn February, KrebsOnSecurity told the story of a private citizen auctioning off the dangerous domain corp.com for the starting price of $1.7 million. Domain experts called corp.com dangerous because years of testing have shown whoever wields... |
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