Cyber Security NationalPublicData.com Hack Exposes a Nation’s Data Aug 15, 2024 krebsonsecurity.com A great many readers this month reported receiving alerts that their Social Security Number, name, address and other personal information…
Cyber Security Six 0-Days Lead Microsoft’s August 2024 Patch Push Aug 13, 2024 krebsonsecurity.com Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 90 security vulnerabilities in Windows and related software, including a whopping six…
Cyber Security Cybercrime Rapper Sues Bank over Fraud Investigation Aug 7, 2024 krebsonsecurity.com In January, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about rapper Punchmade Dev, whose music videos sing the praises of a cybercrime lifestyle. That story…
Cyber Security Low-Drama ‘Dark Angels’ Reap Record Ransoms Aug 5, 2024 krebsonsecurity.com A ransomware group called Dark Angels made headlines this past week when it was revealed the crime group recently received…
Cyber Security U.S. Trades Cybercriminals to Russia in Prisoner Swap Aug 1, 2024 krebsonsecurity.com Twenty-four prisoners were freed today in an international prisoner swap between Russia and Western countries. Among the eight Russians repatriated…
Cyber Security Don’t Let Your Domain Name Become a “Sitting Duck” Jul 31, 2024 krebsonsecurity.com More than a million domain names -- including many registered by Fortune 100 firms and brand protection companies -- are…
Cyber Security Crooks Bypassed Google’s Email Verification to Create Workspace Accounts, Access 3rd-Party Services Jul 26, 2024 krebsonsecurity.com Google says it recently fixed an authentication weakness that allowed crooks to circumvent email verification needed to create a Google Workspace…
Cyber Security Phish-Friendly Domain Registry “.top” Put on Notice Jul 23, 2024 krebsonsecurity.com The Chinese company in charge of handing out domain names ending in “.top” has been given until mid-August 2024 to…
Cyber Security Global Microsoft Meltdown Tied to Bad Crowdstrike Update Jul 19, 2024 krebsonsecurity.com A faulty software update from cybersecurity vendor Crowdstrike crippled countless Microsoft Windows computers across the globe today, disrupting everything from…
Cyber Security Researchers: Weak Security Defaults Enabled Squarespace Domains Hijacks Jul 15, 2024 krebsonsecurity.com At least a dozen organizations with domain names at domain registrar Squarespace saw their websites hijacked last week. Squarespace bought…
NationalPublicData.com Hack Exposes a Nation’s Data
A great many readers this month reported receiving alerts that their Social Security Number, name, address and other personal information…
Six 0-Days Lead Microsoft’s August 2024 Patch Push
Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 90 security vulnerabilities in Windows and related software, including a whopping six…
Cybercrime Rapper Sues Bank over Fraud Investigation
In January, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about rapper Punchmade Dev, whose music videos sing the praises of a cybercrime lifestyle. That story…
Low-Drama ‘Dark Angels’ Reap Record Ransoms
A ransomware group called Dark Angels made headlines this past week when it was revealed the crime group recently received…
U.S. Trades Cybercriminals to Russia in Prisoner Swap
Twenty-four prisoners were freed today in an international prisoner swap between Russia and Western countries. Among the eight Russians repatriated…
Don’t Let Your Domain Name Become a “Sitting Duck”
More than a million domain names -- including many registered by Fortune 100 firms and brand protection companies -- are…
Crooks Bypassed Google’s Email Verification to Create Workspace Accounts, Access 3rd-Party Services
Google says it recently fixed an authentication weakness that allowed crooks to circumvent email verification needed to create a Google Workspace…
Phish-Friendly Domain Registry “.top” Put on Notice
The Chinese company in charge of handing out domain names ending in “.top” has been given until mid-August 2024 to…
Global Microsoft Meltdown Tied to Bad Crowdstrike Update
A faulty software update from cybersecurity vendor Crowdstrike crippled countless Microsoft Windows computers across the globe today, disrupting everything from…
Researchers: Weak Security Defaults Enabled Squarespace Domains Hijacks
At least a dozen organizations with domain names at domain registrar Squarespace saw their websites hijacked last week. Squarespace bought…