Krebs on Security – In-depth security news and investigation
WEB4 days ago · In-depth security news and investigation. An old but persistent email scam known as “sextortion” has a new personalized touch: The missives, which claim that malware has captured webcam ...
“BriansClub” Hack Rescues 26M Stolen Cards – Krebs on Security
WEBOct 15, 2019 · BriansClub sold roughly 9.1 million stolen credit cards, earning the site $126 million in sales. Allison Nixon, the company’s director of security research, said the data suggests that between ...
The Rise of One-Time Password Interception Bots
WEBPuzzled September 29, 2021. The article is missing an explanation that would help me (tech-savvy but not a professional) understand how it works. The article says, “The call would prompt the ...
A Retrospective on the 2015 Ashley Madison Breach
WEBJul 27, 2022 · The Impact Team said ALM had one month to take Ashley Madison offline, along with a sister property called Established Men. The hackers promised that if a month passed and the company did not ...
National Public Data Published Its Own Passwords
WEBAug 19, 2024 · KrebsOnSecurity has learned that another NPD data broker which shares access to the same consumer records inadvertently published the passwords to its back-end database in a file that was freely ...
Ten Years Later, New Clues in the Target Breach
WEBDec 14, 2023 · Ten years later, KrebsOnSecurity has uncovered new clues about the real-life identity of Rescator. Rescator, advertising a new batch of cards stolen in a 2014 breach at P.F. Chang’s. Shortly ...
Thinking of a Cybersecurity Career? Read This - Krebs on Security
WEBJul 24, 2020 · Here’s a look at a recent survey that identified some of the bigger skills gaps, and some thoughts about how those seeking a career in these fields can better stand out from the crowd. Virtually ...
What We Can Learn from the Capital One Hack - Krebs on Security
WEBAug 2, 2019 · On Monday, a former Amazon employee was arrested and charged with stealing more than 100 million consumer applications for credit from Capital One.Since then, many have speculated the breach was ...
NationalPublicData.com Hack Exposes a Nation’s Data
WEBAug 15, 2024 · Nationalpublicdata.com publicly acknowledged a breach in a statement on Aug. 12, saying “there appears to have been a data security incident that may have involved some of your personal ...
Microsoft: Attackers Exploiting ‘ZeroLogon’ Windows Flaw
WEBSep 24, 2020 · DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) said in the directive that it expected imminent exploitation of the flaw — CVE-2020-1472 and dubbed “ZeroLogon” — because exploit ...