Fighting Fake EDRs With ‘Credit Ratings’ for Police

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 Data Requests (EDRs) from social media and technology providers, many security experts ...
Leaked Chats Show LAPSUS$ Stole T-Mobile Source Code

Leaked Chats Show LAPSUS$ Stole T-Mobile Source Code

KrebsOnSecurity recently reviewed a copy of the private chat messages between members of the LAPSUS$ cybercrime group in the week leading up to the arrest of its most active members last month ...

T-Mobile Hacker Identified, China’s New Privacy Law, Tesla Bot Announcement

A 21-year-old Virginia native living in Turkey is allegedly behind the massive T-Mobile hack, China adopts a new national privacy law, and is Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot just creepy or is it ...
cybersecurity passwords LastPass Ransomware Data Breach Notifications: Too Complex To Understand

If You Don’t Need Data, Don’t Keep It

I was one of millions of people recently informed that my personal information was stolen from telecom giant T-Mobile. While many articles have focused on what consumers should do if they were ...
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T-Mobile Data Breach, Tinder Identity Verification, Magnetic Stripe Phase Out

T-Mobile Data Breach, Tinder Identity Verification, Magnetic Stripe Phase Out

T-Mobile suffers another data breach this time impacting 8 million customers, Tinder will start letting users verify their identity to help prevent “catfishing”, and Mastercard is finally phasing out magnetic stripes on ...
T-Mobile Data Breach Amplifies Larger Cybersecurity Challenge

T-Mobile Data Breach Amplifies Larger Cybersecurity Challenge

Reports came out this week that T-Mobile had suffered a data breach. T-Mobile claims that the leak has been sealed. They deserve credit for responding quickly, but for some the damage may ...
T-Mobile Investigating Claims of Massive Data Breach

T-Mobile Investigating Claims of Massive Data Breach

Communications giant T-Mobile said today it is investigating the extent of a data breach that hackers claim has exposed sensitive personal data on 100 million T-Mobile USA customers, in many cases including ...
T-Mobile Leaks PII of ‘Every User’ in HUGE 100M+ Breach

T-Mobile Leaks PII of ‘Every User’ in HUGE 100M+ Breach

T-Mobile US has lost control of its account database, hackers say—the sixth such breach in as many years ...
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Recycle Your Phone, Sure, But Maybe Not Your Number

Recycle Your Phone, Sure, But Maybe Not Your Number

Many online services allow users to reset their passwords by clicking a link sent via SMS, and this unfortunately widespread practice has turned mobile phone numbers into de facto identity documents. Which ...
Fintech Startup Offers $500 for Payroll Passwords

Fintech Startup Offers $500 for Payroll Passwords

How much is your payroll data worth? Probably a lot more than you think. One financial startup that's targeting the gig worker market is offering up to $500 to anyone willing to ...