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Security Blueprints of Many Companies Leaked in Hack of Swedish Firm Gunnebo
In March 2020, KrebsOnSecurity alerted Swedish security giant Gunnebo Group that hackers had broken into its network and sold the access to a criminal group which specializes in deploying ransomware. In August, ...
Amid an Embarrassment of Riches, Ransom Gangs Increasingly Outsource Their Work
There's an old adage in information security: "Every company gets penetration tested, whether or not they pay someone for the pleasure." Many organizations that do hire professionals to test their network security ...
Attacks Aimed at Disrupting the Trickbot Botnet
Over the past 10 days, someone has been launching a series of coordinated attacks designed to disrupt Trickbot, an enormous collection of more than two million malware-infected Windows PCs that are constantly ...
Ukraine Nabs Suspect in 773M Password ‘Megabreach’
In January 2019, dozens of media outlets raised the alarm about a new “megabreach” involving the release of some 773 million stolen usernames and passwords that was breathlessly labeled “the largest collection ...
This Service Helps Malware Authors Fix Flaws in their Code
Almost daily now there is news about flaws in commercial software that lead to computers getting hacked and seeded with malware. But the reality is most malicious software also has its share ...
How Cybercriminals are Weathering COVID-19
In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a boon to cybercriminals: With unprecedented numbers of people working from home and anxious for news about the virus outbreak, it's hard to imagine ...
Russians Shut Down Huge Card Fraud Ring
Federal investigators in Russia have charged at least 25 people accused of operating a sprawling international credit card theft ring. Cybersecurity experts say the raid included the charging of a major carding ...
Meet the World’s Biggest ‘Bulletproof’ Hoster
For at least the past decade, a computer crook variously known as "Yalishanda," "Downlow" and "Stas_vl" has run one of the most popular "bulletproof" Web hosting services catering to a vast array ...
