The Coming Storm
Ransomware Group Turns to Facebook Ads
It's bad enough that many ransomware gangs now have blogs where they publish data stolen from companies that refuse to make an extortion payment. Now, one crime group has started using hacked ...
FBI, DHS, HHS Warn of Imminent, Credible Ransomware Threat Against U.S. Hospitals
On Monday, Oct. 27, KrebsOnSecurity began following up on a tip from a reliable source that an aggressive Russian cybercriminal gang known for deploying ransomware was preparing to disrupt information technology systems ...
The Now-Defunct Firms Behind 8chan, QAnon
Some of the world's largest Internet firms have taken steps to crack down on disinformation spread by QAnon conspiracy theorists and the hate-filled anonymous message board 8chan. But according to a California-based ...
QAnon/8Chan Sites Briefly Knocked Offline
A phone call to an Internet provider in Oregon on Sunday evening was all it took to briefly sideline multiple websites related to 8chan/8kun -- a controversial online image board linked to ...
Microsoft Uses Trademark Law to Disrupt Trickbot Botnet
Microsoft Corp. has executed a coordinated legal sneak attack in a bid to disrupt the malware-as-a-service botnet Trickbot, a global menace that has infected millions of computers and is used to spread ...
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 ...
Sendgrid Under Siege from Hacked Accounts
Email service provider Sendgrid is grappling with an unusually large number of customer accounts whose passwords have been cracked, sold to spammers, and abused for sending phishing and email malware attacks. Sendgrid's ...
FBI, CISA Echo Warnings on ‘Vishing’ Threat
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday issued a joint alert to warn about the growing threat from voice phishing or "vishing" attacks ...
Voice Phishers Targeting Corporate VPNs
The COVID-19 epidemic has brought a wave of email phishing attacks that try to trick work-at-home employees into giving away credentials needed to remotely access their employers' networks. But one increasingly brazen ...
Hacked Data Broker Accounts Fueled Phony COVID Loans, Unemployment Claims
A group of thieves thought to be responsible for collecting millions in fraudulent small business loans and unemployment insurance benefits from COVID-19 economic relief efforts gathered personal data on people and businesses ...
