Code-signing certificates are supposed to help authenticate the identity of software publishers, and provide cryptographic assurance that a signed piece…
Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. What…
Who’s Behind the 8Base Ransomware Website?
The victim shaming website operated by the cybercriminals behind 8Base -- currently one of the more active ransomware groups --…
Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?
Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks…
LeakedSource Owner Quit Ashley Madison a Month Before 2015 Hack
[This is Part III in a series on research conducted for a recent Hulu documentary on the 2015 hack of…
Who’s Behind the DomainNetworks Snail Mail Scam?
If you've ever owned a domain name, the chances are good that at some point you've received a snail mail…
Why Malware Crypting Services Deserve More Scrutiny
If you operate a cybercrime business that relies on disseminating malicious software, you probably also spend a good deal of…
Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware
Code-signing certificates are supposed to help authenticate the identity of software publishers, and provide cryptographic assurance that a signed piece…
Google’s .zip, .mov Domains Give Social Engineers a Shiny New Tool
Security professionals warn that Google's new top-level domains, .zip and .mov, pose social engineering risks while providing little reason for…
Interview With a Crypto Scam Investment Spammer
Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. What…
Promising Jobs at the U.S. Postal Service, ‘US Job Services’ Leaks Customer Data
A sprawling online company based in Georgia that has made tens of millions of dollars purporting to sell access to…
A Serial Tech Investment Scammer Takes Up Coding?
John Clifton Davies, a 60-year-old con man from the United Kingdom who fled the country in 2015 before being sentenced…