US charges Phobos ransomware admin after South Korea extradition
Evgenii Ptitsyn, a Russian national and suspected administrator of the Phobos ransomware operation, was extradited from South Korea and is…
An Interview With the Target & Home Depot Hacker
In December 2023, KrebsOnSecurity revealed the real-life identity of Rescator, the nickname used by a Russian cybercriminal who sold more…
The Podcast Campaign: Is it curtains for mainstream media
Although much of this year's presidential campaign played out on TV, traditional media is being written off as old news…
Microsoft patches Windows zero-day exploited in attacks on Ukraine
Suspected Russian hackers were caught exploiting a recently patched Windows vulnerability as a zero-day in ongoing attacks targeting Ukrainian entities.…
Canadian Man Arrested in Snowflake Data Extortions
A 26-year-old man in Ontario, Canada has been arrested for allegedly stealing data from and extorting more than 160 companies…
US warns of last-minute Iranian and Russian election influence ops
The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency is warning about last-minute influence operations conducted by Iranian and Russian actors to…
War torn regions have keen interest in US elections
People around the world are paying attention to the US elections with an eye toward how a new president may…
Russian charged by U.S. for creating RedLine infostealer malware
The United States announced charges today against Maxim Rudometov, a Russian national, for being the suspected developer and administrator of…
New tool bypasses Google Chrome’s new cookie encryption system
A researcher has released a tool to bypass Google's new App-Bound encryption cookie-theft defenses and extract saved credentials from the…
Russia’s APT29 Mimics AWS Domains to Steal Windows Credentials
Kremlin intelligence carried out a wide-scale phishing campaign in contrast to its usual, more targeted operations.