Scammers Sent Uber to Take Elderly Lady to the Bank
Email scammers sent an Uber to the home of an 80-year-old woman who responded to a well-timed email scam, in…
No SOCKS, No Shoes, No Malware Proxy Services!
With the recent demise of several popular "proxy" services that let cybercriminals route their malicious traffic through hacked PCs, there…
911 Proxy Service Implodes After Disclosing Breach
911[.]re, a proxy service that since 2015 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, announced…
Massive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’
U.S. state and federal investigators are being inundated with reports from people who’ve lost hundreds of thousands or millions of…
A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’
For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft…
Experian, You Have Some Explaining to Do
Twice in the past month KrebsOnSecurity has heard from readers who've had their accounts at big-three credit bureau Experian hacked…
The Link Between AWM Proxy & the Glupteba Botnet
On December 7, 2021, Google announced it had sued two Russian men allegedly responsible for operating the Glupteba botnet, a…
KrebsOnSecurity in New Netflix Series on Cybercrime
Netflix has a new documentary series airing next week -- "Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies & the Internet" --…
Fighting Fake EDRs With ‘Credit Ratings’ for Police
When KrebsOnSecurity last month explored how cybercriminals were using hacked email accounts at police departments worldwide to obtain warrantless Emergency…
RaidForums Gets Raided, Alleged Admin Arrested
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said today it seized the website and user database for RaidForums, an extremely popular…